Patent ID: 7017758

Claim:
A substrate carrier for securing a plurality of semiconductor substrates, comprising: a carrier having, axially opposed end partitions and laterally opposed arcuate side panels which are connected with said end partitions to form a four-sided box structure; spacing of said arcuate side panels by said end partitions to form a substrate entrance on top of said carrier, and a narrowed substrate support opening on the bottom side of said carrier; said arcuate side panels having an inner surface thereof, with an aligned train of substrate support channels for holding substrates in spaced parallel relation, said channels are formed having two side surfaces and a bottom surface, said substrate support channels having a curbing member formed on one side surface of each channel, said curbing member having a lead-in profile that is sloped and truncated enabling a circular substrate to slide into a substrate support channel past said curbing member there-in-after securing said substrate between the channel support surface and said curbing member.