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Methods of processing semiconductor wafer, and producing IC card, and carrier

US6342434B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJun 1, 1998
Grant dateJan 29, 2002
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Expiry dateJun 1, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L2924/3511
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A semiconductor wafer is made thin without any cracks or warp under good workability. The semiconductor wafer thinning process includes the first step of preparing a carrier formed of a base and a suction pad provided on one surface of the base or formed of a base film with an adhesive, the second step of bonding a semiconductor wafer to the carrier in such a manner that a rear surface of the semiconductor wafer with no circuit elements formed therein is opposite to the carrier to form a wafer composite, and the third step of holding the carrier of the wafer composite with its semiconductor wafer side up and spin-coating an etchant on the rear surface of the semiconductor wafer thereby to make the semiconductor wafer thin.

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