In various embodiments, an arrangement is provided. The arrangement may include a plurality of chips; a chip carrier carrying the plurality of chips, the chip carrier including a chip carrier notch; and encapsulation material encapsulating the chip carrier and filling the chip carrier notch; wherein the outer circumference of the encapsulation material is free from a recess.

Embodiments described herein provide an electrostatic carrier for transferring a substrate. The electrostatic carrier may have a transparent body. The transparent body may have a first surface sized to transport the substrate into and out of a processing chamber. The electrostatic carrier may also have one or more electrostatic chucking electrodes coupled to the transparent body. The one or more electrostatic chucking electrodes may include a transparent conductive oxide material. In certain embodiments the transparent conductive oxide material is an indium-tin oxide material.

A polylactic acid resin composition includes about 100 parts by weight of a polylactic acid resin, about 0.001 to about 3 parts by weight of a nucleating agent and about 3 to about 70 parts by weight of a filler. The polylactic acid resin composition can be processed into a biodegradable molded article or other product having a high impact strength and a high heat deflection temperature.

The present disclosure describes example apparatuses (e.g., grid structures) for fixing or holding a specimen, where the grid structure is formed by alternately stacking different layers (e.g., silicon (Si) layers and silicon germanium (SiGe) layers). For example, the alternate layers may be visually distinguishable from each other and may have a configured thickness. As such, based on the visual distinguishability between layers and the configured thickness for each layer, the grid structure may be used to adjust the magnification during inspection of the specimen. For example, the stacked layers may serve as a scale to control the magnification of the electron microscope while inspecting the specimen based on the configured or known thickness of the layers. Additionally, the orientation of the stacked layers may be used as a reference when a specimen is inspected.

Introduced here are carrier trays that include an adhesive film affixed to a deck area. For example, the adhesive film may be integrally laminated onto the top surface of the carrier tray as a single continuous (i.e., unbroken) sheet. The adhesive film may substantially conform to the top surface of the carrier tray. Semiconductor component(s) can be secured to the carrier tray based on the adhesiveness of the adhesive film. Said another way, proper securement of the semiconductor component(s) to the carrier tray may depend on the tackiness of the constituent material(s) of the adhesive film.

Representative implementations of devices and techniques provide a device and a technique for processing integrated circuit (IC) dies. The device comprises a die tray (such as a pick and place tray, for example) for holding the dies during processing. The die tray may include an array of pockets sized to hold individual dies. The technique can include loading dies on the die tray, cleaning the top and bottom surfaces of the dies, and ashing and activating both surfaces of the dies while on the die tray, eliminating the need to turn the dies over during processing.

Embodiments of a hybrid substrate carrier are provided herein. In some embodiments, a substrate carrier includes: a carrier ring having an inner ledge adjacent a central opening of the carrier ring; and a carrier plate having a diameter greater than central opening and configured to rest upon the inner ledge, wherein the carrier plate includes an electrode disposed beneath a support surface to electrostatically clamp a substrate to the support surface of the carrier plate.

Performance of an electronic component including a plurality of elements is improved. A transfer substrate includes: a support substrate; an adhesive resin layer continuously provided on one surface of the support substrate and having a plurality of holding regions adhesively holding elements; and a coating film provided on a surface of the adhesive resin layer opposite to the support substrate to cover an outer region of the holding region of the adhesive resin layer and having lower surface adhesiveness than surface adhesiveness of the adhesive resin layer.

Introduced here are carrier assemblies that include a rigid tray having a deck area with a patterned surface of cavities for receiving semiconductor components. The cavities can be designed to accommodate semiconductor components of different form factors (e.g., having different shapes, sizes, etc.). Moreover, an adhesive film can be affixed to the deck area to ensure that the semiconductor components are securely held against the top surface of the rigid tray. In some instances the adhesive film substantially conforms to the deck area, while in other instances the adhesive film extends across the opening of each cavity located in the deck area. Semiconductor component(s) can be secured to the carrier assembly based on the adhesiveness provided by the adhesive film, mechanical force provided the cavities, electrostatic force provided by the cavities, or any combination thereof.

According to an embodiment, a magnetic shield tray includes a main body with a plate form including a magnetic material, and mount portions as holes disposed in the main body. The magnetic material is exposed on an inner surface of the holes.