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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2022
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Chun-Yu Lin, Taichung, TW;
Chih-Hung Huang, Hsinchu, TW;
Yu-Chen Chen, Hemei, TW;
Cheng-Lung Wu, Zhunan, TW;
Jiun-Rong Pai, Zhubei, TW;
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A tray of an automated handling system for transporting semiconductor devices includes: a receiving region that is configured to receive a boat, the boat carrying one or more semiconductor devices thereon; and a clamping mechanism that selectively clamps the boat, residing in the receiving region, to the tray. Suitably, the clamping mechanism is automatically disengaged when the tray is positioned in a designated location and automatically engaged when the tray is not positioned in the designated location, such that, when engaged, the clamping mechanism holds the boat, residing in the boat receiving region, securely within the tray, and when disengaged, the clamping mechanism releases the boat residing in the boat receiving region.