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Semiconductor wafer carrier design

US5042423A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 20, 1988
Grant dateAug 27, 1991
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Expiry dateDec 20, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L21/67346
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A carrier for use in a continuous chemical vapor deposition reactor system has a lid with tapered edges which match the sides of a recess in the carrier in which the lid resides during processing of the semiconductor to provide a precise fit for the lid and to minimize thermal stresses in the carrier, the lid and the lid-carrier assembly due to extreme heat during processing of the semiconductor wafer.

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