Bridging front opening unified pod (FOUP)

A bridging front opening unified pod (FOUP) is provided herein. In some embodiments, the bridging FOUP includes a bottom floor, side walls, a ceiling and a back wall that forms an enclosure volume having a front opening, a plurality of supports coupled to the side walls and extending into the enclos...

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Hauptverfasser: Thirunavukarasu, Sriskantharajah, Peh, Eng Sheng, Parathithasan, Karrthik, Lim, Fang Jie
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Zusammenfassung:A bridging front opening unified pod (FOUP) is provided herein. In some embodiments, the bridging FOUP includes a bottom floor, side walls, a ceiling and a back wall that forms an enclosure volume having a front opening, a plurality of supports coupled to the side walls and extending into the enclosure volume, wherein the plurality of supports are configured to support a substrate carrier, a base plate assembly comprising a base plate coupled to the bottom floor, a pair of L-brackets coupled to the base plate, wherein each L-brackets includes a short lift pin, a long lift pin coupled to the base plate, wherein the height of the short lift pins and the long lift pin is selected such that the substrate is kept level when disposed thereon, and a docking support disposed proximate the base plate assembly and configured to support a substrate carrier.