Semiconductor manufacturing apparatus and method of manufacturing semiconductor device
First Claim
1. A semiconductor manufacturing apparatus comprising:
- a peeling mechanism to peel a pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) tape from a semiconductor wafer constituted by a plurality of semiconductor chips which are separated therefrom, the semiconductor wafer having an element formation surface to form an element thereon and a rear surface opposite to the element formation surface, the PSA tape adhering to the element formation surface of the semiconductor wafer, each of the semiconductor chips having an adhesive layer formed on the rear surface;
wherein said peeling mechanism has a sucking section which have a porous member to hold the semiconductor wafer by suction, said porous member being segmented into at least two sucking areas in the direction in which the PSA tape is peeled.
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Abstract
A semiconductor manufacturing apparatus includes: a peeling mechanism to peel a pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) tape from a semiconductor wafer constituted by a plurality of semiconductor chips which are separated therefrom, the semiconductor wafer having an element formation surface to form an element thereon and a rear surface opposite to the element formation surface, the PSA tape adhering to the element formation surface of the semiconductor wafer, each of the semiconductor chips having an adhesive layer formed on the rear surface; wherein the peeling mechanism has a sucking section which have a porous member to hold the semiconductor wafer by suction, the porous member being segmented into at least two sucking areas in the direction in which the PSA tape is peeled.
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25 Claims
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1. A semiconductor manufacturing apparatus comprising:
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a peeling mechanism to peel a pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) tape from a semiconductor wafer constituted by a plurality of semiconductor chips which are separated therefrom, the semiconductor wafer having an element formation surface to form an element thereon and a rear surface opposite to the element formation surface, the PSA tape adhering to the element formation surface of the semiconductor wafer, each of the semiconductor chips having an adhesive layer formed on the rear surface;
wherein said peeling mechanism has a sucking section which have a porous member to hold the semiconductor wafer by suction, said porous member being segmented into at least two sucking areas in the direction in which the PSA tape is peeled. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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2. A semiconductor manufacturing apparatus comprising:
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a peeling mechanism to peel a pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) tape from a semiconductor wafer which has an element formation surface to form an element thereon, a rear surface opposite to the element formation surface and an adhesive layer formed on the entire rear surface and which are broken to be separated into semiconductor chips, the PSA tape adhering to the element formation surface of the semiconductor wafer;
wherein said peeling mechanism has a sucking section which have a porous member to hold the semiconductor wafer by suction and has a cutting device to cut the adhesive layer, said porous member being segmented into at least two sucking areas in the direction in which the PSA tape is peeled. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5)
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3. A semiconductor manufacturing apparatus comprising:
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a peeling mechanism to peel a pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) tape from a semiconductor wafer which has an element formation surface to form an element thereon, a rear surface opposite to the element formation surface and an adhesive layer formed on the entire rear surface, the PSA tape adhering to the element formation surface of the semiconductor wafer;
wherein said peeling mechanism has a sucking section with a porous member to hold the semiconductor wafer by suction and has a cutting device to cut the semiconductor wafer into semiconductor chips together with the adhesive layer, said porous member being segmented into at least two sucking areas in the direction in which the PSA tape is peeled.
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6. A semiconductor manufacturing apparatus comprising:
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a peeling mechanism to peel a pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) tape from a semiconductor wafer constituted by a plurality of semiconductor chips which are separated therefrom, each semiconductor chip having an element formation surface to form an element thereon and an adhesive layer formed on the element formation surface, the PSA tape adhering to the element formation surface of the semiconductor wafer via the adhesive layers;
wherein said peeling mechanism has a sucking section which have a porous member to hold the semiconductor wafer by suction, said porous member being segmented into at least two sucking areas in the direction in which the PSA tape is peeled.
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7. A semiconductor manufacturing apparatus comprising:
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a peeling mechanism to peel a pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) tape from a semiconductor wafer which has an element formation surface to form an element thereon and an adhesive layer formed on the element formation surface, the PSA tape adhering to the element formation surface of the semiconductor wafer via the adhesive layer;
wherein said peeling mechanism has a sucking section with a porous member to hold the semiconductor wafer by suction and has a cutting device to cut the semiconductor wafer into semiconductor chips together with the adhesive layer, said porous member being segmented into at least two sucking areas in the direction in which the PSA tape is peeled.
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8. A semiconductor manufacturing apparatus comprising:
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a peeling mechanism to peel a pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) tape from a semiconductor wafer which has an element formation surface to form an element thereon and an adhesive layer formed on the entire element formation surface and which are broken to be separated into semiconductor chips, the PSA tape adhering to the element formation surface of the semiconductor wafer via the adhesive layer;
wherein said peeling mechanism has a sucking section which have a porous member to hold the semiconductor wafer by suction and has a cutting device to cut the adhesive layer, said porous member being segmented into at least two sucking areas in the direction in which the PSA tape is peeled.
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9. A semiconductor manufacturing apparatus comprising:
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a peeling mechanism to peel a pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) tape from a semiconductor wafer which has an element formation surface to form an element thereon, the PSA tape adhering to the element formation surface of the semiconductor wafer;
wherein said peeling mechanism has a sucking section with a porous member to hold the semiconductor wafer by suction and has a cutting device to cut the semiconductor wafer into semiconductor chips, said porous member being segmented into at least two sucking areas in the direction in which the PSA tape is peeled.
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15. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device comprising:
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peeling a pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) tape from a semiconductor wafer constituted by a plurality of semiconductor chips which are separated therefrom, the semiconductor wafer having an element formation surface to form an element thereon and a rear surface opposite to the element formation surface, the PSA tape adhering to the element formation surface of the semiconductor wafer, each of the semiconductor chips having an adhesive layer formed on the rear surface thereof;
wherein said peeling of the PSA tape includes holding the semiconductor wafer via a porous member segmented into at least two sucking areas in the direction in which the PSA tape is peeled, by suction through at least two suction paths in association with the sucking areas of the porous member, said suction paths being alternatively switched when part of the PSA tape corresponding to adjacent sucking areas of said porous member is peeled off near the adjacent sucking area for next peeling in the direction in which the PSA tape is peeled. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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16. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device comprising:
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peeling a pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) tape from a semiconductor wafer which are separated into semiconductor chips, the semiconductor wafer having an element formation surface to form an element thereon, a rear surface opposite to the element formation surface and an adhesive layer formed on the entire rear surface, the PSA tape adhering to the element formation surface of the semiconductor wafer; and
cutting the adhesive layer so that the adhesive layer is separated for each semiconductor chip after the PSA tape is peeled;
wherein said peeling of the PSA tape includes holding the semiconductor wafer via a porous member segmented into at least two sucking areas in the direction in which the PSA tape is peeled, by suction through at least two suction paths in association with the sucking areas of the porous member, respectively, said suction paths being alternatively switched when part of the PSA tape corresponding to adjacent sucking areas of the porous member is peeled off near the adjacent sucking area for next peeling in the direction in which the PSA tape is peeled; and
said cutting of the adhesive layer is implemented in parallel to switching between said at least two suction paths in response to the state in which the adhesive layer is cut. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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17. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device comprising:
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peeling a pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) tape from a semiconductor wafer, the semiconductor wafer having an element formation surface to form an element thereon, a rear surface opposite to the element formation surface and an adhesive layer formed on the entire rear surface, the PSA tape adhering to the element formation surface of the semiconductor wafer; and
cutting the semiconductor wafer into semiconductor chips together with the adhesive layer after the PSA tape is peeled;
wherein said peeling of the PSA tape includes holding the semiconductor wafer via a porous member segmented into at least two sucking areas in the direction in which the PSA tape is peeled, by suction through at least two suction paths in association with the sucking areas of the porous member, respectively, said suction paths being alternatively switched therebetween when part of the PSA tape corresponding to adjacent sucking areas of the porous member is peeled off near the adjacent sucking area for next peeling in the direction in which the PSA tape is peeled; and
said cutting of the semiconductor wafer and the adhesive layer is implemented in parallel to switching between said at least two suction paths in response to the state in which the semiconductor wafer and the adhesive layer are cut.
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19. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device comprising:
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peeling a pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) tape from a semiconductor wafer, the semiconductor wafer having an element formation surface to form an element thereon and an adhesive layer formed on the element formation surface, the semiconductor wafer having been broken to be separated into semiconductor chips; and
cutting the adhesive layer so that the adhesive layer is separated for each semiconductor chip after peeling the PSA tape;
wherein said peeling of the PSA tape includes holding the semiconductor wafer via a porous member segmented into at least two sucking areas in the direction in which the PSA tape is peeled, by suction through at least two suction paths in association with the sucking areas of the porous member, respectively, said suction paths being alternatively switched when part of the PSA tape corresponding to adjacent sucking areas of the porous member is peeled off near the adjacent sucking area for next peeling in the direction in which the PSA tape is peeled, and said cutting of the adhesive layer is implemented in parallel to switching between said at least two suction paths in response to the state in which the adhesive layer is cut.
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20. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device comprising:
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peeling a pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) tape from a semiconductor wafer constituted by a plurality of semiconductor chips which are separated therefrom, each semiconductor chip having an element formation surface to form an element thereon and an adhesive layer on the element formation surface, the PSA tape adhering to the semiconductor wafer via the adhesive layers;
wherein said peeling of the PSA tape includes holding the semiconductor wafer via a porous member segmented into at least two sucking areas in the direction in which the PSA tape is peeled, by suction through at least two suction paths in association with the sucking areas of the porous member, and said suction paths are alternatively switched therebetween when part of the PSA tape corresponding to adjacent sucking areas of the porous member is peeled off near the adjacent sucking area for next peeling in the direction in which the PSA tape is peeled.
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21. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device comprising:
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peeling a pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) tape from a semiconductor wafer, the semiconductor wafer having an element formation surface to form an element thereon and an adhesive layer formed on the element formation surface, the PSA tape adhering to the element formation surface of the semiconductor wafer via the adhesive layers; and
cutting the semiconductor wafer into semiconductor chips together with the adhesive layer after the PSA tape is peeled;
wherein said peeling of the PSA tape includes holding the semiconductor wafer via a porous member segmented into at least two sucking areas in the direction in which the PSA tape is peeled, by suction through at least two suction paths in association with the sucking areas of the porous member, respectively, said suction paths being alternatively switched when part of the PSA tape corresponding to adjacent sucking areas of the porous member is peeled off near the adjacent sucking area for next peeling in the direction in which the PSA tape is peeled; and
said cutting of the. semiconductor wafer and the adhesive layer is implemented in parallel to switching between said at least two suction paths in response to the state in which the adhesive layer and the adhesive layer are cut.
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22. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device comprising:
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peeling a pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) tape from a semiconductor wafer, the PSA tape adhering to the semiconductor wafer; and
cutting the semiconductor wafer into semiconductor chips after the PSA tape is peeled;
wherein said peeling of the PSA tape includes holding the semiconductor wafer via a porous member segmented into at least two sucking areas in the direction in which the PSA tape is peeled, by suction through at least two suction paths in association with the sucking areas of the porous member, said suction paths being alternatively switched therebetween when part of the PSA tape corresponding to adjacent sucking areas of the porous member is peeled off near the adjacent sucking area for next peeling in the direction in which the PSA tape is peeled; and
said cutting of the semiconductor wafer is implemented in parallel to switching between said at least two suction paths in response to the state in which the semiconductor wafer is cut.
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