Apparatus and method for aligning and centering wafers

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9859141
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14330497

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A device for locating and engaging a notch on the perimeter of a circular wafer includes a notch locating component and a first plate. The notch locating component is configured to move linearly along a first axis and includes a front elongated component extending along a second axis perpendicular to the first axis and having a front surface, a back surface opposite to the front surface and a first protrusion extending from the front surface of the elongated component. The first protrusion has a shape complementing the shape of a notch formed on the perimeter of a circular wafer. As the notch locating component is driven toward the perimeter of the circular wafer along the first axis, a distance between the back surface of the elongated component and a front surface of the first plate is measured and the value of the measured distance is used to determine engagement of the first protrusion with the notch.

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SUSS MICROTEC LITHOGRAPHY GMBHSCHLEISSHEIMER STRASSE 90 GARCHING 85748

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Brennen, Michael Irasburg, US 3 12
George, Gregory Colchester, US 42 589
Johnson, Hale Jericho, US 19 200

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