FLOATING WAFER TRACK WITH LATERAL STABILIZATION MECHANISM

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15363348

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An apparatus (100) comprising:—a process tunnel (102) including a lower tunnel wall (120), an upper tunnel wall (130), and two lateral tunnel walls (108), wherein said tunnel walls together bound a process tunnel space (104) that extends in a transport direction (T);—a plurality of gas injection channels (122, 132), provided in both the lower and the upper tunnel wall, wherein the gas injection channels in the lower tunnel wall are configured to provide a lower gas bearing (124), while the gas injection channels in the upper tunnel wall are configured to provide an upper gas bearing (134), said gas bearings being configured to floatingly support and accommodate said substrate there between; and—a plurality of gas exhaust channels (110), provided in both said intend tunnel walls (108), wherein the gas exhaust channels in each lateral tunnel wall are spaced apart in the transport direction.

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ASM INTERNATIONAL N VALMERE

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Granneman, Ernst Hendrik August Hilversum, NL 20 2382

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