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Apparatus for aligning wafers within a semiconductor wafer cassette

US5149244A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 17, 1991
Grant dateSep 22, 1992
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Expiry dateJun 17, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S414/138
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An improvement which allows precise positioning of wafers within cassettes in preparation for removal of the wafers by automated equipment. The improvement includes mounting two sawtooth jigs upon the surface upon which the cassette tray is to be placed which extend up into the cassette. Wafers within the cassette rest within the precisely aligned grooves of the sawtooth jigs.

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