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Wafer container door with particulate collecting structure

US7325698B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 17, 2005
Grant dateFeb 5, 2008
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Expiry dateMay 3, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S206/832
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A substrate container having an enclosure with an access opening for inserting and removing substrates into an interior of the enclosure and a door chassis that is configured to selectively enclose the opening, the door chassis comprising a first wall having a peripheral wall extending therefrom. The substrate container includes a latch mechanism that is operably coupled with the chassis, the latch mechanism configured to operably secure the chassis to the opening. The door of the substrate container includes a textured particle capture region wherein particles generated by the latch mechanism and elsewhere are captured by the particle capture region.

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