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Semiconductor wafer stacking apparatus and method

US5240557A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 1, 1992
Grant dateAug 31, 1993
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Expiry dateJun 1, 2012

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S414/137
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus stacks semiconductor wafers and spacers and clamps them in an axial alignment for mounting in a semiconductor wafer edge polishing machine. After edge polishing, the apparatus separates the wafers and spacers and delivers them respectively into separate cassettes for further processing or recycling.

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