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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:
Jun. 05, 2001
Filed:
May. 27, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Christopher L. Pike, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05C 1/100 ; B05C 9/14 ; B05C 1/108 ; B05D 3/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B05C 1/100 ; B05C 9/14 ; B05C 1/108 ; B05D 3/06 ;
Abstract
There is provided an improved resist coating/developing processing method and apparatus for a wafer track system so as to increase its throughput. In a preferred embodiment, this is achieved by integrating a wafer edge exposure unit with a temperature control plate unit into a single integrated processing unit having the functionality of the two separate processing units.