Patent ID: 6401929
Filing Date: 2002-06-11
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
An assembly for storing semiconductor wafers, comprising:a container, said container being substantially box-shaped and having a bottom surface and four side walls; a wafer carrier that fits in the container, the wafer carrier having a plurality of slots, each slot capable of receiving a semiconductor wafer; a removable insert to which the wafer carrier is attached, the insert being formed from a piece of material separate and distinct from the container, the insert having four side walls which snugly fit against four side walls of the container, said insert substantially preventing motion of the wafer carrier relative to the container, and wherein said wafer carrier is mounted to said insert, and wherein the container is a box having a rectangular bottom surface, and wherein the insert has a rectangular shape with four corners, and wherein the four side walls of the insert snugly fit against the four side walls of the container, and wherein the insert has at least one groove shaped to receive a tab extending from a bottom of the wafer carrier, and wherein the insert is formed of one of the group consisting of an acetyl homopolymer, polypropylene, and polyethylene, and wherein the corners and the side walls of the insert have chamfers or bevels for easier insertion into the container, and wherein the insert includes wells or bores to accommodate projections on a bottom of the container.