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Method of manufacturing an integrated circuit including planarizing a wafer

US5366924A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 16, 1992
Grant dateNov 22, 1994
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Expiry dateMar 16, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S438/977
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A process for planarizing a bonded wafer. The wafer has a layer of exposed oxide thereon which acts as a reference for the grinding and polishing of the wafer. The resulting ground and polished wafer has a thinned, substantially planar, working layer for subsequent fabrication of transistors, etc.

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