Patent ID: 9218990
Filing Date: 2015-12-22
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. A substrate carrier for carrying a substrate having an outside diameter (OD), and first and second substrate faces, comprising: a carrier plate having a substrate recess, a cover plate recess and a substrate support slot, the substrate recess having a protrusion on a recess sidewall, the protrusion including an inset portion; a cover plate rotatably disposed in the cover plate recess; a substrate support slidably disposed in the substrate support slot, the substrate support having a substrate engaging end and an actuation end; and a spring disposed between the actuation end of the substrate support and an end wall of the substrate support slot to bias the substrate support toward the recess; wherein the substrate engaging end and the inset portion of the protrusion are configured to engage the OD of the substrate to lock the substrate within the recess.