Patent ID: 6886244

Claim:
A pallet for mounting and transporting a plurality of disk-shaped workpieces/substrates through an apparatus adapted for performing a plurality of treatments of at least one surface of each of said disk-shaped workpieces/substrates, comprising: a plurality of electrically conductive segments arranged in an array, each of said segments: i. being electrically insulated from other segments; ii. and used to mount thereon and expose at least one major surface of a plurality of disk-shaped workpieces/substrates for receipt of a plurality of treatments; and iii. including an electrical contact means for providing electrical contact with a bias potential source of said apparatus, wherein each of said segments comprises an electrically conductive sheet, each of said sheets including a plurality of spaced-apart regions each comprising an aperture extending through a respective sheet adapted for mounting said disk-shaped workpieces/substrates therein and exposing oppositely facing pairs of major surfaces of respective disk-shaped workpieces/substrates.