Patent ID: 6499602
Filing Date: 2002-12-31
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
A support device for a wafer shipping container, for constraining the flexure of a multiple number of backgrind-processed wafers when the wafers are stored in alignment in the wafer shipping container, wherein stoppers for the support device are formed on inner sides of the wafer shipping container, the support device comprising: a pair of opposing walls for positioning against an abutment side opposite to an open side of the wafer shipping container and fixed by the stoppers; a pair of connecting bars across the spacing between the pair of opposing walls; a multiple number of partitioning supporters arranged with a predetermined pitch in a longitudinal direction of the connecting bars, wherein adjoining partitioning supporters are configured to receive and hold wafers therebetween, wherein the partitioning supporters are projected equal to or greater than one third of a wafer diameter for receiving and holding the wafer between adjoining partitioning supporters.