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Device for stripping a wafer from a carrier

  • US 8,443,864 B2
  • Filed: 03/16/2010
  • Issued: 05/21/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/18/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. Device for stripping a wafer from a carrier, wherein the carrier is fixed to the wafer by an interconnect layer that provides a connection between the carrier and the wafer, said device comprising:

  • a receiving means for receiving a carrier-wafer combination comprised of the carrier and the wafer, said interconnect layer providing the connection between the carrier and the wafer at a peripheral edge of the carrier-wafer combination;

    a connection release means for unfixing the connection between the carrier and the wafer, said connection release means having at least one release device that includes;

    a working chamber for surrounding at least a portion of the peripheral edge of the carrier-wafer combination, andmeans for delivering a solvent to the working chamber, said solvent for dissolving the interconnect layer;

    a rotation means for rotating the carrier-wafer combination to move the peripheral edge of the carrier-wafer combination through the working chamber of the connection release means to contact the peripheral edge of the carrier-wafer combination with the solvent, thereby dissolving the interconnect layer at the peripheral edge and breaking the connection between the carrier and the wafer; and

    stripping means for stripping the wafer from the carrier, or for stripping the carrier from the wafer.

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