Patents Assigned to MicroTool, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20030121870
    Abstract: A semiconductor cassette reducer has a first substantially U-shaped plate and a second substantially U-shaped plate. A number of wafer supports connect the first substantially U-shaped plate to the second substantially U-shaped plate. Several retention springs are attached to the first substantially U-shaped plate. The retention springs hold the semiconductor cassette reducer in a FOUP (front opening unified pod).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2001
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Applicant: Microtool, Inc.
    Inventors: Gordon Haggott Beckhart, Patrick Rooney Conarro, Kamran Michael Farivar-Sadri
  • Patent number: 6568098
    Abstract: An alignment wafer for a semiconductor processing tool has a disk having a radius of a standard semiconductor wafer. The disk is formed of a flexible, substantially non-deformable material. A concentric transparent disk is inside of the disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2003
    Assignee: Microtool, Inc.
    Inventors: Gordon Haggott Beckhart, Patrick Rooney Conarro, Kamran Michael Farivar-Sadri
  • Patent number: 6526668
    Abstract: An electronic level (10) has a rigid flat disk (12). An electronic level sensor (14) is attached to the rigid flat disk (12). An electronic display (20) is electrically connected to the electronic level sensor (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: Microtool, Inc.
    Inventors: Gordon Haggott Beckhart, Patrick Rooney Conarro, Kevin James Harrell, Michael Charles Krause, Kamran Michael Farivar-Sadri
  • Patent number: 6307211
    Abstract: A semiconductor alignment tool has a housing that has a number of registration pins for mating with a standard semiconductor cassette. A plurality of x-y axis sensors are embedded in a first surface of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: MicroTool, Inc.
    Inventors: Gordon Haggott Beckhart, Patrick Rooney Conarro, Kevin James Harrell, Michael Charles Krause, Kamran Michael Farivar-Sadri
  • Patent number: 6300644
    Abstract: A tool for aligning a robot arm to a cassette for holding semiconductor wafers has a housing having a slot one position for holding a semiconductor wafer. A z-axis non-intrusive detector is attached to the housing and senses if the semiconductor wafer is aligned in the slot one position. An indicator is connected to the z-axis detector and provides a signal indicating when the semiconductor wafer is aligned in the slot one position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2001
    Assignee: MicroTool, Inc.
    Inventors: Gordon Haggott Beckhart, Patrick Rooney Conarro, Kevin James Harrell, Michael Charles Krause, Kamran Michael Farivar-Sadri