HYBRID WAFER DICING APPROACH USING AN ACTIVELY-FOCUSED LASER BEAM LASER SCRIBING PROCESS AND PLASMA ETCH PROCESS

Methods of dicing semiconductor wafers, each wafer having a plurality of integrated circuits, are described. In an example, a method of dicing a semiconductor wafer having a plurality of integrated circuits involves forming a mask above the semiconductor wafer, the mask composed of a layer covering...

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Hauptverfasser:	BALAKRISHNAN, Karthik, PEH, Eng Sheng, PARK, Jungrae, THIRUNAVUKARASU, Sriskantharajah
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ELECTRICITY MACHINE TOOLS METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR PERFORMING OPERATIONS SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING TRANSPORTING WELDING WORKING BY LASER BEAM
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Zusammenfassung:	Methods of dicing semiconductor wafers, each wafer having a plurality of integrated circuits, are described. In an example, a method of dicing a semiconductor wafer having a plurality of integrated circuits involves forming a mask above the semiconductor wafer, the mask composed of a layer covering and protecting the integrated circuits. The mask is then patterned with an actively-focused laser beam laser scribing process to provide a patterned mask with gaps, exposing regions of the semiconductor wafer between the integrated circuits. The semiconductor wafer is then plasma etched through the gaps in the patterned mask to singulate the integrated circuits.