Entegris, Inc.

Gary Gallagher

Barry Lee Gregerson

Brian Wiseman

Anthony C Bonora

Stephen Sumner

Michael Ng

Substrate containers and/or portions thereof for use in the semiconductor manufacturing industry can be formed by injection molding metal slurries. More particularly, such substrate containers and/or portions thereof can be formed by injection molding metal slurries containing magnesium or magnesium alloys. Substrate containers, wherein at least a portion of the substrate container is injection molded from a metal slurry containing magnesium or magnesium alloy can exhibit improved permeation control of moisture and oxygen over, and as compared to, comparable substrate carriers formed of polymer based materials. Exemplary substrate containers can include wafer containers, reticle pods, disk shippers and/or work-in-process boxes.

Substrate container with enhanced containment

A container for creating a microenvironment is disclosed. The container includes a shell, a door and a plurality of supports having a unique design which are used to securely retain items, such as silicon wafers, in a spaced apart parallel relationship. The supports are removable. An electrical path is provided to ground the supports. Kinematic coupling structures are also provided for positioning the container on a surface so as to, for example, properly align the door with the port of a wafer processing tool.

300 mm microenvironment pod with door on side

An apparatus for preventing improper engagement of a pod door and a pod. Specifically, misalignment of at least one latch finger connected t the pod door with latch engagement slots in the pod prevents a pod door from mechanically engaging a pod.

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Gary Gallagher