Patent ID: 8157307

Claim:
Handling device for wafers ( 4 ) with a thickness of less than 800 μm, said handling device comprised of: a receiving body ( 1 ); an adhesive membrane ( 3 ) attached to the receiving body ( 1 ) for detachably fixing the wafer ( 4 ) thereto; wherein the adhesive membrane ( 3 ) and the receiving body ( 1 ) define a plurality of workspaces ( 8 ) therebetween and at least two of the plurality of workspaces ( 8 ) can be individually supplied with a pressurizing medium to individually change the volume of the at least two of the plurality of workspaces ( 8 ) and a porous material ( 6 ) is arranged in the plurality of workspaces ( 8 ), wherein an abutment face ( 7 ) for the adhesive membrane ( 3 ) is formed by the porous material ( 6 ).