发明名称 |
Wafer dicing with wide kerf by laser scribing and plasma etching hybrid approach |
摘要 |
Methods of dicing semiconductor wafers, each wafer having a plurality of integrated circuits, are described. In an example, approaches for wafer dicing with wide kerf by using a laser scribing and plasma etching hybrid approach are described. For example, a method of dicing a semiconductor wafer including a plurality of integrated circuits separated by dicing streets involves forming a mask above the semiconductor wafer, the mask having a layer covering and protecting the integrated circuits. The method also involves patterning the mask with a laser scribing process to provide a patterned mask having a pair of parallel gaps for each dicing street, exposing regions of the semiconductor wafer between the integrated circuits. Each gap of each pair of parallel gaps is separated by a distance. The method also involves etching the semiconductor wafer through the gaps in the patterned mask to singulate the integrated circuits. |
申请公布号 |
US8883614(B1) |
申请公布日期 |
2014.11.11 |
申请号 |
US201313947890 |
申请日期 |
2013.07.22 |
申请人 |
Applied Materials, Inc. |
发明人 |
Lei Wei-Sheng;Eaton Brad;Iyer Apama;Yalamanchili Madhava Rao;Kumar Ajay |
分类号 |
H01L21/00;H01L21/78 |
主分类号 |
H01L21/00 |
代理机构 |
Blakely Sokoloff Taylor Zafman LLP |
代理人 |
Blakely Sokoloff Taylor Zafman LLP |
主权项 |
1. A method of dicing a semiconductor wafer comprising a plurality of integrated circuits separated by dicing streets, the method comprising:
forming a mask above the semiconductor wafer, the mask comprising a layer covering and protecting the integrated circuits; patterning the mask with a laser scribing process to provide a patterned mask having a pair of parallel gaps for each dicing street, exposing regions of the semiconductor wafer between the integrated circuits, wherein each gap of each pair of parallel gaps is separated by a distance; and etching the semiconductor wafer through the gaps in the patterned mask to singulate the integrated circuits. |
地址 |
Santa Clara CA US |