Using backgrind wafer tape to enable wafer mounting of bumped wafers
First Claim
1. A method of attaching a wafer having bumps on a surface thereof, comprising:
- attaching a tape having an adhesive and a backing on to solely a portion of said bumps of said surface having bumps thereon of said wafer;
conforming at least a portion of said adhesive of said tape to said bumps, said backing of said tape has a substanially planar surface after said conforming;
providing a wafer mount having a suction surface;
applying a suction force to said backing of said tape;
removing wafer material from a back surface of said wafer while applying said suction force; and
cutting said wafer to form at least one semiconductor die after said removing wafer material from said back surface.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus are disclosed for mounting a wafer on a mount and thinning the wafer. The wafer includes a front surface having bumps with an adhesive tape having a backing attached thereto and a back surface. The front surface of the wafer is mounted facedown on a suction surface with the backing of the adhesive tape abutting the surface. The wafer is then suctioned, after which the back surface of the wafer undergoes a grinding process to thin the wafer. Since the backing attached to the bumps on the wafer is substantially planar and sits substantially flat on the suction surface of the wafer mount, the force exerted on the wafer from the thinning process does not overcome the suction force holding the wafer on the wafer mount. Thus, the bumped wafer may be thinned without damaging the bumps and the active surface of the wafer.
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53 Claims
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1. A method of attaching a wafer having bumps on a surface thereof, comprising:
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attaching a tape having an adhesive and a backing on to solely a portion of said bumps of said surface having bumps thereon of said wafer;
conforming at least a portion of said adhesive of said tape to said bumps, said backing of said tape has a substanially planar surface after said conforming;
providing a wafer mount having a suction surface;
applying a suction force to said backing of said tape;
removing wafer material from a back surface of said wafer while applying said suction force; and
cutting said wafer to form at least one semiconductor die after said removing wafer material from said back surface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of holding a wafer having bumps on at least a portion of a surface thereof, comprising:
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applying an adhesive to solely a portion of said bumps on said surface of said wafer;
attaching a backing to at least a portion of said adhesive;
conforming at least a portion of said adhesive of said tape to said bumps, said backing of said tape has a substanially planar surface after said conforming;
providing a wafer mount having a suction surface;
holding said backing to said suction surface of said wafer mount using a suction force;
removing wafer material from another surface of said wafer while holding said backing to said suction surface; and
cutting said wafer to form at least one semiconductor die after said removing wafer material from said another surface. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of thinning a wafer comprising:
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providing a wafer having bumps on at least a portion of a surface thereof;
attaching an adhesive having a backing to solely a portion of said bumps on said surface of said wafer;
conforming at least a portion of said adhesive of said tape to said bumps, said backing of said tape has a substantially planar surface after said conforming;
providing a wafer mount having a suction surface;
attaching said backing of said adhesive to at least a portion of said suction surface of said wafer mount using a suction force;
removing wafer material from another surface of said wafer while said backing of said adhesive attached to at least a portion of said suction surface; and
cutting said wafer to form at least one semiconductor die after said removing wafer material from said another surface. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method of fabricating a wafer having a front surface having bumps thereon and a back surface, comprising:
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applying an adhesive having a backing onto solely a portion of said bumps;
conforming at least a portion of said adhesive of said tape to said bumps, said backing of said tape has a substantially planar surface after said conforming;
providing a wafer mount having a suction surface;
attaching at least a portion of said backing to at least a portion of said suction surface of said wafer mount using a suction force;
removing wafer material from said back surface of said wafer while said at least a portion of said backing attached to at least a portion of said suction surface; and
cutting said wafer to form at least one semiconductor die after said removing wafer material from said back surface. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A method of mounting a bumped wafer having bumps on at least a portion of a surface thereof to a wafer mounting chuck, comprising:
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applying an adhesive having a backing to solely a portion of said bumps;
conforming at least a portion of said adhesive of said tape to said bumps, said backing of said tape has a substantially planar surface after said conforming;
mounting said wafer to said wafer mounting chuck using a suction force communicated through said wafer mounting chuck;
removing wafer material from a back surface of said wafer while said wafer mounted to said wafer mounting chuck; and
cutting said wafer to form at least one semiconductor die after said removing wafer material from said back surface. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40)
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41. A method of using a vacuum to hold a bumped wafer having a front surface having bumps thereon and a back surface, comprising:
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applying an adhesive having a backing to solely a portion of said front surface of said wafer covering a portion of at least one bump of said bumps thereon;
conforming at least a portion of said adhesive of said tape to said bumps, said backing of said tape has a substantially planar surface after said conforming;
holding at least a portion of said front surface of said wafer using a vacuum applied through at least a portion of a surface of a wafer mount;
removing wafer material from a back surface of said wafer while holding said at least a portion of said first surface of said wafer using said vacuum; and
cutting said wafer to form at least one semiconductor die after said removing wafer material from said back surface. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44)
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45. A method of attaching a wafer having bumps on a surface thereof, comprising:
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attaching a tape having an adhesive and a backing on at least a portion of said surface having bumps thereon of said wafer, said tape contacting about 10% to about 60% of the surface area of said bumps;
conforming at least a portion of said adhesive of said tape to said bumps, said backing of said tape having a substantially planar surface after said conforming;
providing a wafer mount having a suction surface;
applying a suction force to said backing of said tape;
removing wafer material from a back surface of said wafer while applying said suction force; and
cutting said wafer to form a plurality of semiconductor dies after removing said wafer material from said back surface. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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