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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2004
Satoshi Ohkawara, Tokyo, JP;
Takaaki Inoue, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Ohkawara, Tokyo, JP;
Takaaki Inoue, Tokyo, JP;
Disco Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A semiconductor wafer processing machine comprising a cassette-placing mechanism having a cassette-placing table for placing a cassette storing a semiconductor wafer, a workpiece take-in/take-out mechanism for taking out the semiconductor wafer stored in the cassette placed on the cassette-placing table and taking the semiconductor wafer into the cassette, a workpiece conveying mechanism for conveying the semiconductor wafer taken out by the workpiece take-in/take-out mechanism, a chuck table mechanism having a chuck table for holding the semiconductor wafer conveyed by the workpiece conveying mechanism, and a processing mechanism for processing the semiconductor wafer held on the chuck table, wherein the cassette-placing mechanism comprises an aligning mechanism for aligning the crystal orientation of the semiconductor wafer, which is situated below the cassette-placing table.