Patent · US Expired

Method of serialization of dice

US4409686A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 16, 1980
Grant dateOct 11, 1983
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Expiry dateJun 16, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L2924/0002
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The dice of a wafer are serialized using a wafer mask formed by stepping and repeating a chip pattern with a blank area in rows and columns on the wafer and forming distinctive location identifying indicia in the blank area on each chip using a pattern generator and stepping to each blank area on each chip.

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