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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2011
Filed:
May. 29, 2008
Damon Keith Cox, Round Rock, TX (US);
Marvin L. Freeman, Round Rock, TX (US);
Jason M. Schaller, Austin, TX (US);
Jeffrey C. Hudgens, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jeffrey A. Brodine, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Damon Keith Cox, Round Rock, TX (US);
Marvin L. Freeman, Round Rock, TX (US);
Jason M. Schaller, Austin, TX (US);
Jeffrey C. Hudgens, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jeffrey A. Brodine, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are provided for the use of a dual Selective Compliant Assembly Robot Arm (SCARA) robot. In some embodiments two SCARAs are provided, each including an elbow joint, wherein the two SCARAs are vertically stacked such that one SCARA is a first arm and the other SCARA is a second arm, and wherein the second arm is adapted to support a first substrate, and the first arm is adapted to extend to a full length when the second arm supports the first substrate, and wherein the first substrate supported by the second arm is coplanar with the elbow joint of the first arm, and the second arm is further adapted to move concurrently in parallel (and/or in a coordinated fashion) with the first arm a sufficient amount to avoid interference between the first substrate and the elbow joint of the first arm. Numerous other embodiments are provided.