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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2021
Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Aaron Green, Sunnyvale, CA;
Nicholas Michael Bergantz, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Damon K. Cox, Jarrell, TX (US);
Andreas Schmid, Meyriez, CH;
Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A carrier includes a rigid body forming a plurality of openings and a plurality of fasteners configured to removably attach to the rigid body via the plurality of openings. A first set of fingers is configured to be removably attached to the rigid body via the plurality of fasteners and the plurality of openings. The first set of fingers is configured to support first content during first transportation of the carrier within a substrate processing system. A second set of fingers is configured to be removably attached to the rigid body via the plurality of fasteners and the plurality of openings. The second set of fingers is configured to support second content during second transportation of the carrier within the substrate processing system.