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US 2017/0287771 A1Published application
Stretching retention plate for electronic assemblies
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsDANIEL CHAVEZ-CLEMENTE, JOSHUA D. HEPPNER, NAIDA DURANOVIC
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Abstract
A substrate retention plate system for holding a substrate for processing in an electronic device manufacturing process is described. The retention plate system includes a top plate and a bottom plate to sandwich a flexible substrate. Additionally, the top plate includes a number of cams to stretch the flexible substrate across the bottom plate.
Claims24
A retention plate system, comprising:
- a bottom plate having a top surface to support a flexible substrate;
- and
- a top plate having a plurality of cams disposed on a bottom surface of the top plate, the cams positioned on the bottom surface to engage both ends of the flexible substrate, and compress each end of the flexible substrate between the cams and the top surface of the bottom plate as a distance between the top plate and the bottom plate decreases.
An apparatus to retain a flexible substrate in a stretched state, the apparatus comprising:
- a pair of plates to receive a flexible substrate and squeeze the flexible substrate between the pair of plates;
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- a set of cams operable coupled to a first one of the pair of plates and positioned opposite a second one of the pair of plates, the cams to stretch the flexible substrate across the second one of the pair of plates as the flexible substrate is squeezed between the pair of plates.
A method comprising:
- providing a flexible substrate;
- placing the flexible substrate between a top plate and a bottom plate of a retention plate system, the top plate comprising a plurality of cams disposed opposite the bottom plate;
- and
- squeezing the flexible substrate between the top plate and the bottom plate to stretch the flexible substrate between the cams.
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