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Wafer handling apparatus and method

TLDR
In this paper, a wafer processing apparatus, comprising a Wafer Processing Station, a key input portion for inputting wafer instructions into the processing station, and at least one portion of the portion for accommodating a carrier for carrying the wafer, is disposed at a front side of the apparatus to which the operator faces when actuating the key input component.
Abstract
A wafer processing apparatus, comprising a wafer processing station for processing a wafer, a key input portion for inputting wafer processing instructions into the wafer processing station, and wherein at least one of a portion for accommodating a wafer carrier for carrying the wafer, a mechanism for taking the wafer out of the wafer carrier and putting it back into the wafer carrier, wafer alignment station for aligning the wafer and a wafer observing station for allowing an operator to observe the wafer, is disposed at a front side of the apparatus to which the operator faces when actuating the key input portion.

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