Method of manufacturing semiconductor devices

摘要

In a method of manufacturing semiconductor devices by using a semiconductor wafer having a circuit area in which a circuit pattern is to be formed and a character printing area in which a lot number pattern for recording characters used for product management is to be formed, etching the surface of the semiconductor wafer to form the lot number pattern in the character printing area, forming a metallic layer over the surface of the semiconductor wafer, and selectively removing the portion of the metallic layer located on the circuit area but not used as the circuit pattern and the portion of the metallic layer located on the character printing area simultaneously.