Patent ID: 11908719
Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
Field: Semiconductors (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  C | IPC C  H

Claim 8:
9. A vertical wafer vessel comprising:
a top base having an opening therein, wherein the top base includes a slot to form a C-shape such that the top base is not completely annular;
a bottom base; and
a rod set comprising multiple rods connected to the bottom base, wherein each rod of the rod set comprises:
multiple fingers disposed in a vertically-stacked relationship to each other and separated respectively from each other by respective slots, wherein each slot is configured to receive a wafer, wherein each rod comprises a rear rod portion that is farthest from the wafer, a middle rod portion adjacent the rear rod portion, an oblique rod portion adjacent to the middle rod portion, an oblique finger portion, and an end finger portion that comprises the multiple fingers.