Semiconductor device manufacturing: process – Coating with electrically or thermally conductive material – To form ohmic contact to semiconductive material
Reexamination Certificate
2008-02-04
2010-06-08
Le, Thao P. (Department: 2818)
Semiconductor device manufacturing: process
Coating with electrically or thermally conductive material
To form ohmic contact to semiconductive material
C257SE21508, C257S779000, C438S612000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07732320
ABSTRACT:
An improved apparatus for semiconductor wafer bumping utilizes the injection molded solder process and is designed for high volume manufacturing. The apparatus includes equipment for filling patterned mold cavities on a mold structure with solder, equipment for positioning and aligning a patterned surface of a semiconductor structure directly opposite to the solder filled patterned mold cavities of the mold structure, a fixture tool for holding and transferring the aligned mold and semiconductor structures together, and equipment for receiving the fixture tool and transferring the solder from the aligned patterned mold cavities to the aligned patterned semiconductor first surface. The solder transfer equipment include a wafer heater stack configured to heat the semiconductor structure and a mold heater stack configured to heat the mold structure to a process temperature slightly above the solder's melting point. The fixture tool with the aligned mold and semiconductor structures is inserted between the wafer heater stack and the mold heater stack. A deposition chamber is formed between the wafer heater stack and the mold heater stack by sealing the wafer heater stack and the mold heater stack against the frame.
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Gormley G. Gerard
Hughlett Emmett
Johnson Hale
AKC Patents LLC
Collins Aliki K.
Le Thao P.
Suss Microtec AG
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