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SEMI D17-0200 © SEMI 1998, 2000 1 SEMI D17-0200 MECHA NIC A L SPECIFICA TION FOR CASSETTES USED TO SHIP FLAT PANEL DISPLA Y GL A SS SUBSTR AT ES This s pecif ication was te chnically approv ed by the G lobal Flat Pane l …

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Table 1 Substrate Edge Length, Interface Dimensions, and Tolerances (mm)
Interface Dimensions and Tolerances
Edge Length
(mm)
X1
max.
X2
max.
Y1
max.
Y2
± 10 mm
Y3
max.
Y4
max.
Y5
max.
Z1
± 10 mm
Z2
min.
Z3
max.
Z4
max.
Z5
max.
Z6 Z7
max.
550 × 650 925 450 800 400 100 1000 100 900 2000 850 100 105 tba 200
600 × 720 980 500 865 435 100 1065 100 900 2000 850 100 105 tba 200
960 × 1100 1450 900 1360 650 100 1500 100 900 2000 850 100 105 tba 200
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SEMI D17-0200
MECHANICAL SPECIFICATION FOR CASSETTES USED TO SHIP
FLAT PANEL DISPLAY GLASS SUBSTRATES
This specification was technically approved by the Global Flat Panel Display – Equipment Committee and is
the direct responsibility of the North American Flat Panel Display Committee. Current edition approved by
the North American Regional Standards Committee on December 15, 1999. Initially available on SEMI
OnLine January 2000; to be published February 2000. Originally published September 1998.
1 Purpose
1.1 This standard specifies selecte d requirements of
the cassettes used to ship flat panel substrates from the
substrate finisher to the display maker and between
process-added users.
1.2 This document incorporates pertinent dimensional
data from SEMI D18, Specification for Cassettes Used
for Horizontal Transport and Storage of Flat Panel
Display Substrates.
2 Scope
2.1 This standard is intended to se t levels of
specification for a reusable cassette to ship clean glass
substrates and process-added substrates between
organizations without compromising substrate integrity.
This standard is intended to set an appropriate level of
specification that places minimal limits on innovation
while ensuring modularity and interchangeability at
common mechanical interfaces.
2.2 This standard does not purport to address safety
issues, if any, associated with its use. It is the
responsibility of the users of this standard to establish
appropriate safety and health practices and determine
the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
3 Limitations
3.1 Substrate size and thickness ar e not specified so as
not to cause constraints on supplier/customer
relationships.
4 Referenced Standards
4.1 SEMI Standards
SEMI D18 — Specification for Cassettes Used for
Horizontal Transport and Storage of Flat Panel Display
Substrates
SEMI E15 — Specification for Tool Load Port
SEMI E44 — Guide for Procurement and Acceptance
of Minienvironments
NOTE 1: As listed or revised, all documents cited shall be
the latest publications of adopted standards.
5 Terminology
See Figure 1 and Table 1.
5.1 bilateral datum plane — a vertical plane that
equally bisects the substrate and that is perpendicular to
both the horizontal and facial datum planes.
5.2 carrier capacity — the number of substrates that a
carrier holds.
5.3 cassette — as defined in SEMI E44.
5.4 cassette bottom domain — volume (below z4
above the horizontal datum plane) that contains the
bottom of the cassette.
5.5 cassette front — the area between the cassette top
and bottom domains through which substrates pass
during loading and unloading.
5.6 cassette placement sensing pads — surfaces on the
bottom of the cassette for triggering optical or
mechanical sensors.
5.7 cassette rear — the area betwe en the cassette top
and bottom domains opposite the cassette front.
5.8 cassette rear domains — volu mes (from z4 above
the horizontal datum plane to z9 above the top
substrate) that contain rear columns which prevent the
substrates from exiting the cassette rear.
5.9 cassette side domains — volumes (from z4 above
the horizontal datum plane to z9 above the top
substrate) that contain the mizo teeth and mizo plates
that support the substrates.
5.10 cassette top domain — volume (higher than z9
above the top substrate) that contains the top of the
cassette.
5.11 conveyor rails — features on t he bottom of the
cassette for supporting the cassette on roller conveyors.
5.12 conveying surface — entire bottom surface of
cassette (z15 above the horizontal datum plane),
excluding the v-rail, v-groove, and float roller zones,
for supporting the cassette on roller conveyors.
5.13 facial datum plane — a vertical plane that
equally bisects the substrates when the centers of the
substrates are aligned and that is parallel to the front

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side of the carrier (where substrates are removed or
inserted) and is perpendicular to the bilateral datum
plane. On tool load ports, it is also parallel to the load
face plane (as defined in SEMI E15) on the side of the
tool where the carrier is loaded and unloaded.
5.14 first nominal substrate height — the distance (z5)
from the horizontal datum plane to the first nominal
substrate seating plane.
5.15 first substrate end-effector clearance — the
distance (dimension z9) between the top of the cassette
bottom domain and the first nominal substrate seating
plane.
5.16 horizontal datum plane — loa d height as defined
in SEMI E15.
5.17 mizo plate — a plate that contains mizo teeth and
may provide structure to the cassette.
5.18 mizo teeth — elements that sup port the substrates
in the cassette.
5.19 nominal center line — the inte rsection of the
facial and bilateral datum planes.
5.20 nominal substrate seating plane — a horizontal
plane that contains the nominal bottom surface of the
substrate as it rests on the mizo teeth.
5.21 optical substrate sensing paths — lines of sight
for optically sensing the positions of the substrates.
5.22 polystyrene latex sphere (PSL) — Reference
material used to calibrate surface inspection systems.
5.23 robotic handling flanges — projections on the
cassette for handling of the cassette.
5.24 substrate extraction volume — the open space for
extracting a substrate from the cassette.
5.25 substrate pick-up zone — the space that includes
the volume in which the substrate bottom may be
found.
5.26 substrate pitch — the distance between adjacent
nominal substrate seating planes.
6 Requirements
6.1 Physical Protection of Substrate
6.1.1 No chipping, scratching, or oth er damage shall
occur under normal handling and shipping conditions.
6.1.2 Substrates shall be contained t o prevent excess
movement during shipment.
6.2 Provisions for Tracking and Identification —
Provision for a printed label should be made.
6.3 Thermal Requirements — Construction materials
shall withstand cleaning temperatures of 90ºC,
following which the cassette shall meet the dimensional
and other requirements of this specification.
6.4 Loading/Unloading of Substrates
6.4.1 Cassettes furnished to this spe cification must be
compatible with manual and automated loading/
unloading systems, while minimizing cassette volume.
6.4.2 Such cassettes must also facili tate transfer of
substrates to and from, a Transportation/Automation
Cassette.
6.5 Cassette Physical Alignment In terface — The
cassette should be registered to the tool interface by one
of the three following registration types, A, B, or C.
The locations of the registration features have been
chosen such that all three types may coexist on the
same cassette.
6.5.1 Cassette Physical Alignment Interface Type A —
This interface consists of three features (not specified,
but recommended to be inverted V-shaped grooves)
placed on the bottom of the cassette that mate with
three coupling pins located on the tool interface. The
coupling pins are located by dimensions x14 and y13
relative to the bilateral and facial datum planes
respectively.
6.5.1.1 Coupling Pin Shapes — The p hysical
alignment mechanism on the bottom of the wafer
carrier consists of features (not specified in this
standard) that mate with three pins underneath. As
shown in Figure 5 and defined in Table 3, each pin is
radially symmetric about the vertical center axis line
and can be seen as the intersection of a cylinder of
diameter d1 and a sphere of radius r3 (which might
contact a flat plate). An additional rounding radius r5
provides contact with angled mating surfaces, and blend
radii r4 and r6 smooth the resulting edges. The final
roughness height of the overall surface finish must be
less than or equal to r7. Dimensions r2 and z13 have
zero tolerance because they only give a distance to
another toleranced dimension. (Dimensions in
parenthesis are not part of the requirements in this
standard but are intended to clarify the preparation of
manufacturing instructions.)
6.5.1.2 The three features on the botto m of the cassette
that mate with the coupling pins must provide a lead-in
capability that corrects a cassette misalignment of up to
10 mm (0.4 in.) in any horizontal direction, although 15
mm (0.6 in.) is recommended. The exclusion zones for
the three coupling features on the cassette are shown in
Figure 3 and Table 1 and specified by dimensions x14,
z9 and r1.
6.5.2 Cassette Physical Alignment Interface Type B —
This interface consists of three features, a v-rail, float
surface, and facial datum plane v-groove. The v-rail and