Patent ID: 6176066
Filing Date: 2001-01-23
Classification: H01L,Y02P

Abstract:
A method for securing stacks of at least one tray article containing semiconductor devices, comprising the steps of:providing two conductive antistatic straps for protecting multiplicity of semiconductor devices contained within said carrier tray article;said conductive antistatic straps each having opposed ends and a side defined as a top side spaced from a side defined as a bottom side and a major surface defined by the opposed ends and top and bottom sides, a loop portion of a hook and loop fastening combination constituting the major surface area on the top side of the strap member, a piece of hook portion having the same width as said strap member of said hook and loop fastening combination is secured to the top side at a first end of said strap member, said hook portion extending the length of said strap member by at least about 80 millimeters, a conductive thread sewn in a multiplicity of lengthwise tracks on said second side of said major surface to prevent build-up of static electricity, a ""L"" shaped buckle having a first transverse slot formed therethrough and near the end of the shorter leg, and a second transverse slot formed therethrough and near the end of the longer leg, wherein the second end of said strap member is inserted through first slot of said ""L"" shaped buckle and folded back to itself with said bottom surface containing conductive thread tracks facing out, is sewn to secure said second end to said ""L"" shaped buckle;providing a stack of at least one article containing semiconductor devices;said provided conductive hook and loop fastening combination straps are used to twice encircle said stack of articles;placing said ""L"" shaped buckle of said conductive hook and loop strap on top and across the width of stack of articles and wrapping said strap to encircle said articles in a path taken down the side, under, up, and then inserting said first end of strap, having the hook portion of said hook and loop fastening combination, through the under side of the second slot of said ""L"" shaped buckle and folded down and against the loop portion thereby detachably securing said articles.