| CPC H01L 21/67718 (2013.01) [H10K 71/164 (2023.02); H10K 71/00 (2023.02)] | 6 Claims |

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1. A vacuum orientation module for a substrate processing system, comprising:
at least a first vacuum orientation chamber, comprising:
a vacuum chamber;
a transportation track within the vacuum chamber, the transportation track having a support structure and a driving structure and defining a transportation direction; and
an orientation actuator to change the substrate orientation between a non-vertical orientation and a non-horizontal orientation, the vacuum chamber has two slit openings at opposing side walls of the vacuum chamber in the transportation direction, wherein the two slit openings are two essentially vertical slit openings and the vacuum chamber has a non-vertical slit opening, wherein a substrate can be loaded onto a substrate carrier through the non-vertical slit opening in the non-vertical orientation, the substrate carrier comprising an electrostatic chuck.
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