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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2007
Ravinder Aggarwal, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Jeroen Stoutjesdijk, Bussum, NL;
Ravinder Aggarwal, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Jeroen Stoutjesdijk, Bussum, NL;
ASM America, Inc., Phoenix, AZ (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for processing substrates may include a substrate handling chamber having a substrate load port on a side wall, and a movable platform movably engaged with the handling chamber between a first position and a second position. The first position is such that a substrate carrier on the movable platform is inaccessible by a substrate handling robot inside the chamber. The second position is near to the load port such that a substrate carrier on the movable platform is accessible by a substrate handling robot inside the handling chamber. The movable platform is configured to rotate about a generally vertical axis between the first and second positions.