ESD Shelf Support RTP Company End-Use Case Study Pictured is a storage system for reticle boxes. Reticles are the master pattern of the circuitry that is exposed by a photolithographic process onto semiconductor chips. Precision Robots, Inc. (PRI), Billerica, MA, manufactures an automation system for reticle storage and inventory management within the clean chip manufacturing environment. Shelf supports of the storage units needed to be made from a material that would not add or attract particles to the reticle boxes. The tiniest microscopic dust particle on the reticle could cause a misexposure of the circuitry onto the chip, rendering the chip useless. The supports must be static dissipative to reduce ESD levels and ensure the cleanliness of the reticles. PRI found that an RTP Company Pe

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