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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2001
Robert W. Berner, Kalispell, MT (US);
Daniel J. Woodruff, Kalispell, MT (US);
Wayne J. Schmidt, Kalispell, MT (US);
Kevin W. Coyle, Kalispell, MT (US);
Vladimir Zila, Carbough, CA;
Worm Lund, Bellevue, WA (US);
Semitool, Inc., Kalispell, MT (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides for a semiconductor workpiece processing tool and methods for handling semiconductor workpiece therein. The semiconductor workpiece processing tool preferably includes an interface section comprising at least one interface module and a processing section comprising a plurality of processing modules for processing the semiconductor workpieces. The semiconductor workpiece processing tool may have a conveyor for transferring the semiconductor workpieces between the interface modules and the processing modules.