KR100608391B1 - 통합된 인트라베이 버퍼, 운반, 그리고 스톡커 시스템 - Google Patents

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KR100608391B1
KR100608391B1 KR1019997009416A KR19997009416A KR100608391B1 KR 100608391 B1 KR100608391 B1 KR 100608391B1 KR 1019997009416 A KR1019997009416 A KR 1019997009416A KR 19997009416 A KR19997009416 A KR 19997009416A KR 100608391 B1 KR100608391 B1 KR 100608391B1
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65GTRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
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    • H10PGENERIC PROCESSES OR APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF DEVICES COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H10P72/00Handling or holding of wafers, substrates or devices during manufacture or treatment thereof
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    • H10P72/34Handling or holding of wafers, substrates or devices during manufacture or treatment thereof for conveying, e.g. between different workstations the wafers being stored in a carrier, involving loading and unloading
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    • HELECTRICITY
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    • H10P72/32Handling or holding of wafers, substrates or devices during manufacture or treatment thereof for conveying, e.g. between different workstations between different workstations
    • H10P72/3216Handling or holding of wafers, substrates or devices during manufacture or treatment thereof for conveying, e.g. between different workstations between different workstations using a general scheme of a conveying path within a factory
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    • H10P72/32Handling or holding of wafers, substrates or devices during manufacture or treatment thereof for conveying, e.g. between different workstations between different workstations
    • H10P72/3221Overhead conveying
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    • H10P72/32Handling or holding of wafers, substrates or devices during manufacture or treatment thereof for conveying, e.g. between different workstations between different workstations
    • H10P72/3222Loading to or unloading from a conveyor
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10S414/135Associated with semiconductor wafer handling
    • Y10S414/14Wafer cassette transporting

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KR1019997009416A 1997-04-14 1998-03-26 통합된 인트라베이 버퍼, 운반, 그리고 스톡커 시스템 Expired - Lifetime KR100608391B1 (ko)

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US08/843,245 US5980183A (en) 1997-04-14 1997-04-14 Integrated intrabay buffer, delivery, and stocker system
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PCT/US1998/005961 WO1998046503A1 (en) 1997-04-14 1998-03-26 Integrated intrabay buffer, delivery, and stocker system

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