SUBSTRATE CARRIER HAVING REDUCED HEIGHT
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1. A substrate carrier, comprising:
- a body adapted to store one or more substrates, the body having a substrate storage region adapted to store a substrate; and
a bottom surface having one or more coupling features adapted to extend into the substrate storage region outside of a footprint that would be occupied by a substrate positioned in the substrate storage region.
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Abstract
A first substrate carrier is provided that includes a body adapted to store one or more substrates; and either (1) a bottom surface having one or more coupling features that extend into a storage region of the body or (2) coupling features that extend alongside the body, so that the substrate carrier'"'"'s overall height is not increased by the entire height of the coupling feature. Numerous other aspects are provided.
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16 Claims
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1. A substrate carrier, comprising:
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a body adapted to store one or more substrates, the body having a substrate storage region adapted to store a substrate; and
a bottom surface having one or more coupling features adapted to extend into the substrate storage region outside of a footprint that would be occupied by a substrate positioned in the substrate storage region. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An apparatus, comprising:
a plurality of stacked support shelves, each support shelf adapted to support a substrate carrier, wherein the support shelves are spaced a distance from each other that allows transportation between the support shelves of only a substrate carrier, having a body adapted to store one or more substrates, the body having a substrate storage region adapted to store a substrate, and a bottom surface having one or more coupling features adapted to extend into the substrate storage region outside of a footprint that would be occupied by a substrate positioned in the substrate storage region. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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12. A substrate carrier, comprising:
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a body adapted to store one or more substrates; and
a bottom surface having one or more coupling features located outside a perimeter of the body. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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