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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 11, 1997
David Beaulieu, Groton, MA (US);
Michael W Pippins, Hamilton, MA (US);
Brooks Automation, Inc., Chelmsford, MA (US);
Abstract
A substrate processing apparatus having a plurality of substrate processing modules connected to a substrate transport. The substrate transport has a housing and a substrate transport mechanism. The housing forms a substantially closed main transport chamber with doorways into the main transport chamber for the substrate processing modules. The transport mechanism has a substrate holder movably located in the transport chamber. The housing includes a front end extension that is connected to load locks. The front end extension has an aligner, a cooler, and a buffer directly connected to the housing and located in the front end extension in part of the main transport chamber.