Wafer, Mask & Reticle Storage & Handling Systems

Founded in 1979 in Silicon Valley, USA, Fortrend has served as an innovative original equipment manufacturer for the Semiconductor and PV industries. For over thirty five years Fortrend products have become the crucial automation connections among different processing equipment.

Fortrend continues to develop its innovative automation technology for extensive use in the semiconductor industry. Fortrend is an industry leader in the design and manufacturing of automated SMIF handling equipment and its SCARA robots.

Fortrend’s eRack integrated low cost storage solution with ID tracking systems
Supports RF ID, IR and BCR/OCR reader/writer
SECS I / SECS II and TCIP
N2/XCDA Charger protects wafers from oxidation and masks from pollution ( low humidity, low O2, Low NH3+)

Fully automated reticle transfer systems Better than ISO Class 2 cleanliness
SEMI E78 ESD “Level 1” standard
Load port options: 150mm and 200mm RSP,
ASML, Nikon, Cannon, HOYA, Toppan, DNP,
TMC, ShinEtsu, DMS, and more
Other options: BCR/OCR reader, IR, RFID reader/writer, Turntable, SECS/GEM Interface

Fortrend POS-200R is a simple, reliable pod opener designed to open 200mm Reticle SMIF pods by lifting the shell. After Pod Shell lift, operator can pick Reticle out.
Optional SECS/GEM
Barcode reader for Mask ID reading (Optional)
Comparison of Pod ID and Mask ID (Option)

ISO Class 1 cleanliness with active self-clean air flow design.
Opens Standard E100 RSP and EUV E152 Outer Pods Door
Mounts directly into a process tool or to a manual load port adaptor to convert open station to a
SMIF compatible station.
Optional RFID reader/writer

Models available to open Pozzetta, Entegris,
Toppan, IBM Blue and DMS type Clam shell type shipping Boxes.
Also Nikon and Canon reticle cartridge openers,
DMS bare mask cartridge openers and lift lid box openers.
All with modular design for easy integration and servicing.
ISO Class 1 cleanliness.

4”, 5” 6”, 8” and 12” - Small foot print Cassette to Cassette and Back to Back batch wafer transfers
One, two, three and four stage systems
Class 1 compatible: <0.1 PWP @ 0.16 microns CE/S2/S8
Options: Boat Inserts, Integrated Notch Finder and Flat Finder, Counter, Vespel Contact Points,
Temperature Sensor, Ionizer, Lexan Side Covers with ESD Coating, Foot Switch, Key Switch,
Green LED, EMO
Applications: Furnace, wet bench, CMP, ion implantation, metrology

Retrofit Open-Cassette Tools to SMIF.
Five diverse PLUS models to meet all SMIF retrofit requirements.
Better than Class-1 cleanliness. Worldwide installations.
S2/S8/CE certified.
All tool designs meet SEMI E-15 SMIF load port interface standards

200-300 mm wafer sorters and EFEMs designed for a wide variety of applications including thin and ultra-thin wafer handling.
Options include custom end –effectors, dual or single arm Scara robots, flip arm robotics, integrated mapping, pre-aligners, OCR reader and bright light inspection.

Supports 134 kHz and 13.56 MHz RFID Technology
Integrated IR Reader/Writer
Automatic tag detection
Supports SmartTag Protocols
Serial and SECS I/II protocols
Support multiple antennas with one reader/writer

LMS is a software system integrating electrically connected racks, RFID lot ID tracking hardware, local area networking database and production information in one connected system.