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Screenable power chip mosaics, a method for fabricating large power semiconductor chips

US4829014A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 2, 1988
Grant dateMay 9, 1989
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Expiry dateMay 2, 2008

Classification

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

Abstract

An additive process allowing discretionary interconnection of only the acceptable devices on a semiconductor wafer includes screen printing a polyimide layer over the wafer to form vias over all of the device contact pads on the wafer while coating the remainder of the wafer. The devices are then individually tested through the vias and, when a device is determined to be unacceptable according to predetermined specifications, the vias above that device are filled with polyimide. A layer of metal is next deposited over the entire wafer by evaporation and makes electrical contact with only the acceptable devices since the unacceptable devices have been blocked off. The metal layer is thereafter patterned to leave an interconnection pattern wherein only the acceptable devices on the wafer are electrically connected.

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