A system for photolithography may include an exposure chamber providing a
first isolated environment, an exposure stage in the exposure chamber, a
radiation source, an interface chamber providing a second isolated
environment, a port, a post exposure bake heater in the interface
chamber, and a wafer handler. The exposure stage may be configured to
receive a wafer having photoresist thereon to be exposed, and the
radiation source may be configured to provide exposing radiation to the
wafer being exposed. The port may be configured to allow wafer transport
between the first and second isolated environments of the exposure and
interface chambers, and the post exposure bake heater may be configured
to bake the wafer after exposure. The wafer handler may be configured to
move the wafer from the interface chamber through the port into the
exposure chamber before exposure, to move the wafer from the exposure
chamber through the port to the interface chamber after exposure, and to
move the wafer to the post exposure bake heater after moving the wafer
from the exposure chamber. Moreover, at least one of a photoresist
coating unit and/or a photoresist developing unit may be excluded from
the first and second isolated environments of the exposure and interface
chambers. Related methods are also discussed.