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Bowed wafer hybridization compensation

US7803693B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 15, 2007
Grant dateSep 28, 2010
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 15, 2027

Classification

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

Abstract

A planarizing method performed on a non-planar wafer involves forming electrically conductive posts extending through a removable material, each of the posts having a length such that a top of each post is located above a plane defining a point of maximum deviation for the wafer, concurrently smoothing the material and posts so as to form a substantially planar surface, and removing the material. An apparatus includes a non planar wafer having contacts thereon, the wafer having a deviation from planar by an amount that is greater than a height of at least one contact on the wafer, and a set of electrically conductive posts extending away from a surface of the wafer, the posts each having a distal end, the distal ends of the posts collectively defining a substantially flat plane.

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