Patent ID: 8074597
Filing Date: 2011-12-13
Classification: H01L,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A substrate carrier comprising: an enclosure adapted to be sealable and to house at least one substrate; and a first port leading into the enclosure adapted to couple to a gas supply channel and to allow a flow of gas into the enclosure while the substrate carrier is closed, wherein the enclosure, when sealed closed and gas is then flowed into the enclosure via the first port, is adapted to contain and maintain an internal pressure greater than an air pressure external to the enclosure, wherein the first port includes a first seal adapted to allow the gas supply channel to seal to the first port, and wherein the first port further includes a second seal disposed concentrically around the first seal and adapted to seal to a vacuum supply channel disposed concentrically around the gas supply channel while gas flows into the enclosure.