Importance of FOUP in Semi-Conductor Industry

What is the meaning of FOUP? 

FOUP stands for Front Opening Universal Pod, and it is a particular plastic casing made to handle silicon wafers in a secure manner. The Front Opening Unified Pod is abbreviated as FOUP. The essential objective of this device is to better place wafers in the machines in order to raise the processing speed. The wafer processing equipment 300mm FOUP was first developed in the mid-1990s.   

Many businesses make FOUPs in a variety of color combinations and the sizes of their product lines because it varies from industry to industry. Furthermore, the nitrogen ecosystem can be given by IC processing tools and FOUP to boost device outcomes. Previously, engineers could only construct the 300mm FOUP with the detachable cassette to position the wafer correctly. However, now the robotics laboratory has easy access to 400 mm wafer FOUP load ports. It may allow robot systems to reach the wafer from the FOUP by shifting doors from front to bottom. Furthermore, the FOUP is built up of several pins, holes, and connection plates that can be handled by an automatic material handling system and placed over the load port.

In order to improve the quality and production work of various electronic equipment such as storage media, semiconductors, and displays, it is imperative to make a precisely controlled environment in which cleanliness, temperature, and other essential aspects are adjusted according to the requirements of the fabrication process.

 

In recent years, the movement toward adequate environmental control of the minimum needed clean-room space has only been more vital.  

  

Why is cleanliness important in the Wafer Handling Industry?

FOUPs (front opening unified pods) are utilized to transport wafers.   

Furthermore, by managing the environment in which wafers are transferred from the FOUP to various equipment—specifically, a microenvironment known as an EFEM (equipment front-end module)—a wafer can be treated without being exposed to a natural clean-room environment.  

As a result, improved cleaning focusing on this small environment is critical, as is regulating the environment of a whole cleanroom to the level required for equipment maintenance to save money and energy.  

  

Benefits of Using Kensington Laboratory’s 300 mm FOUP Wafer Load Port  

• To make sure about the finest-level performance, the FOUP is ROHS compliant, CE certified, and SEMI compliant.  
• If you are using 300 FOUP with your product range, then there is no need for door and plate alignment.  
• FOUP of Kensington Laboratory has bearings and lubrication-free screws.  
• This FOUP is entirely compatible with all the SEMI standard FOUPs.  
• Some of the other solid features of Kensington Laboratory’s FOUP are class 1 cleanliness, RFID barcode, programmable lights, AMHS options, buttons, OCR scanning, etc.   

Are you exploring wafer handling AMAT robot applied material solutions, wafer handling systems with 300mm FOUP load ports, and precision motion control stages to prolong the life of your equipment?   

Use the tools of Kensington Labs, which skilled professionals make with extensive years of experience in robot maintenance. Let them know about your particular requirements and get a tailor-made solution for your company.  

Kensington Laboratory aims to craft the most innovative, dependable, and outstanding wafer handling robots, ADOs, end-effectors, FOUP opener and pre-aligners at an affordable rate.   

The company always offers a perfect solution for its consumers when it comes to product guarantees for robot repair and spare parts.