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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Raymond Joe, Austin, TX (US);
Anthony Dip, Cedar Creek, TX (US);
Assignee:
Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 4/907 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 4/907 ;
Abstract
A removable semiconductor wafer susceptor used for supporting a substrate during batch processing. The susceptor includes a flat circular central plane with a predetermined outer diameter. The susceptor is sized to fit within an inner diameter formed from wafer support ledges of a wafer transport container. The susceptor includes edges that are chamfered and rounded to lessen stress concentration at the edges. The susceptor is transported through processing by a sieving action of transport automation.