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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2005
Vinay Shah, San Francisco, CA (US);
Martin R. Elliott, Round Rock, TX (US);
Jeffrey C. Hudgens, San Francisco, CA (US);
Eric Andrew Englhardt, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Vinay Shah, San Francisco, CA (US);
Martin R. Elliott, Round Rock, TX (US);
Jeffrey C. Hudgens, San Francisco, CA (US);
Eric Andrew Englhardt, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
In at least one aspect, a system is provided that includes (1) a substrate carrier having first docking features; and (2) a loadport having second docking features. The second docking features are adapted to block docking of substrate carriers that do not include the first docking features and to allow docking of substrate carriers that include the first docking features. Numerous other aspects are provided.