ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,103, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Skyworks Solutions Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Cassette magazine for thin wafers" was invented by Leonardo Antonio Camarena Pulido (Mexicali, Mexico), Daniel Orozco Mariscal (Mexicali, Mexico) and Miguel Angel Perez Arzola (Mexicali, Mexico).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects and embodiments disclosed herein include a cassette magazine for thin semiconductor wafers having thicknesses of about 100 micro metre and diameters of 200 mm. The cassette magazine includes a plurality of slot supports configured to support sides of the thin semiconductor wafers. The plurality of slot supports have widths ...