Patent ID: 7219802

Claim:
A wafer carrier and insert for supporting at least one thin wafer therein, comprising: a carrier portion having at least a top, a bottom, a pair of opposing sides, and an open front, the pair of opposing sides having a plurality of opposing ribs defining a plurality of slots; and an insert, said insert being adapted to fit in one of said plurality of slots and comprising a plate, the plate having a pair of opposing side margins, each of the side margins having a plurality of tab structures adapted to friction ally engage said one of said plurality of slots, the plate further having a plurality of upwardly projecting wafer supports, the wafer supports being adapted to support a thin wafer above said insert with a portion of the periphery of the wafer within a separate one of said plurality of slots, said wafer supports disposed so that a robotic wafer handling member is insert able between said insert and the wafer.