Patent ID: 6615994
Filing Date: 2003-09-09
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
A wafer boat comprising:a frame having left and right vertically extending, horizontally spaced supports each having a plurality of slots above one another so that a plurality of substantially horizontal wafers are horizontally insertable above one another with respective left edges of the wafers inserted in respective ones of the slots of the left support and respective right edges of the wafers inserted in respective ones of the slots in the right support; at least one vertically extending mount bracket secured to the frame and having a plurality of gaps formed therein through which edges of respective wafers are adapted to be inserted between the supports; and a plurality of braces, mounted to the bracket and via the bracket to the frame, each having a respective upper surface in a position to support a lower surface of a respective wafer between and distant from the slots in which the left and right edges of the wafer are inserted.