Patent ID: 6605544
Filing Date: 2003-08-12
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
A shield for protecting silicon wafers, the shield comprising:a plurality of single crystal shielding members having a lattice unit cell repeated substantially throughout, the unit cell having a periodic arrangement of atoms defining a set of lattice planes, the shielding members each including a pair of first interface surfaces having an orientation substantially aligned along one of the set of lattice planes; and a plurality of single crystal structural members, each structural member having substantially the same lattice unit cell as that of the shielding members repeated substantially throughout, the structural members each including a pair of second interface surfaces having an orientation substantially aligned along the same one of the set of lattice planes; wherein the plurality of shielding members and structural members are alternately bonded together at their respective first and second interface surfaces to define an enclosed area sized to receive the silicon wafers therein.