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Backside thinning using ion-beam figuring

  • US 5,969,368 A
  • Filed: 04/27/1998
  • Issued: 10/19/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/29/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An image sensing product made from the steps comprising:

  • providing a semiconductor image sensor having circuits etched upon a first major surface;

    providing vacuum chamber having a neutral ion beam and control means for directing neutral ion beam direction and intensity, a carrier for the image sensor, and a translation drive having means for controlling relative position of the neutral ion beam to the carrier;

    placing the semiconductor image sensor within the vacuum chamber on the carrier such that the neutral ion beam will be incident upon a second major surface of the image sensor, the second major surface having no circuitry etched thereon, and being opposite the first major surface; and

    etching away a predetermined thickness of the image sensor by controlling the neutral ion beam to remove a part of the second surface.

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