Patent ID: 8356526

Claim:
A measurement station for measurement of particle contamination of a transport pod for conveyance and atmospheric storage of semiconductor substrates, the transport pod comprising a casing capable of being closed by a removable access door, the measurement station comprising: an interface capable of coupling to a casing of the transport pod instead of the removable access door, the interface comprising at least one injection nozzle arranged at one mobile end of a pipe protruding from the interface to direct a gas jet in a perpendicular direction towards a portion of a wall on an inside of the casing coupled to the measurement station, to detach particles from the casing by an impact of the gas jet on the wall, and a measurement device comprising a vacuum pump, a particle counter and a measurement conduit, of which an inlet leads to the inside of the casing and of which an outlet is connected to the vacuum pump, the measurement conduit being connected to the particle counter to create a communication between the inside of the casing of the transport pod coupled to the measurement station and the particle counter.