Patent · US Expired

Semiconductor processing method for processing discrete pieces of substrate to form electronic devices

US6472294B2 · kind B2 · utility

15Cited by
8References
15Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateAug 20, 2001
Grant dateOct 29, 2002
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 20, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D62/117
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A semiconductor processing system for the production of semiconductor electronic devices is described, which includes a sequence of semiconductor processing steps carried out on a plurality of semiconductor processing machines, whereby the processing is carried out on discrete pieces of substrate which are smaller than conventional semiconductor wafers but may be made therefrom, or from larger diameter semiconducting wafers or from materials onto which semiconductor layers may be formed, and the discrete substrate pieces are selectably processable into the electronic devices either individually or as a plurality removably fixed to a support.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.