Patent ID: 7884445

Claim:
An apparatus for holding a plurality of semiconductor devices in a wafer, comprising: a plurality of bars formed in a top portion of the wafer, extending in a horizontal first direction and vertically supported on respective support portions of a bottom portion of the wafer underlying the respective bars, a plurality of sidewalls extending in a second direction offset from the first direction and each extending from a respective first end to a respective second end and not extending away from the respective first end beyond the respective second end, wherein the plurality of the sidewalls are supported on a respective support portion through a respective one and only one of the bars at the first end of the respective first sidewall and are not supported on any other of supports portions other than the respective support portion through any other of the bars through the second end of the respective sidewall, and a plurality of first tabs extending in a third direction offset from the second direction and extending from a respective first end to a respective second end thereof, wherein the first end of a respective one of the first tabs is connected to the respective sidewall at the second end of the respective sidewall, the second end of the first tab is connected to the semiconductor device at a first side of the semiconductor device, and a thickness of the first tab is less than a thickness of the bar and than a thickness of the first sidewall.