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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 22, 1999
Lee Lewis, Murphy, TX (US);
Kurodearimasu Takeshi Hirose, Tsuchiura Ibaragi, JP;
Jeffrey Wilson, Sherman, TX (US);
James Dove, Rockwall, TX (US);
Michael Hayden, Plano, TX (US);
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A containment device for retaining semiconductor wafers (,) is disclosed. The containment device comprises a first housing member (,) having a frame (,), an inner wall (,) and an outer wall (,). The inner wall (,) and outer wall (,) each extend generally perpendicularly from the frame (,). The inner wall (,) and outer wall (,) have a spaced apart relationship forming a gap (,) therebetween. The inner wall (,) closely receives the semiconductor wafers (,). The containment device also comprises a second housing member (,) that is securably attachable to the first housing member (,). The second housing member (,) has a frame (,) that forms the top of the containment device when the first and second housing members (,) are securably attached together.