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Device for storing and/or transporting plate-shaped substrates in the manufacture of electronic components

US7682455B2 · kind B2 · utility

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22Claims
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Filing dateJul 8, 2004
Grant dateMar 23, 2010
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Expiry dateJul 8, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L21/68714
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

To make possible a tightly packed, essentially horizontal storage of wafers (40), in which a simplified access to each of these wafers (40) is possible, a device is provided having a plurality of superimposed storage elements (10). The storage elements (10) have device features (16) for depositing the wafers (40). The storage elements (10) have projections (14) for lifting, whereby a specific storage element (10a) as well as all storage elements (10) arranged above this specific storage element (10a) can be lifted by a predetermined first height for producing a contact gap. The projections (14) can also be used to lift the storage element (10b) arranged below the said storage element (10a) by a predetermined second height for producing a freedom of access.

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