Method of separating semiconductor dies

Semiconductor device manufacturing: process – Packaging or treatment of packaged semiconductor – Making plural separate devices

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C438S464000, C438S462000, C257SE21175, C257SE21479, C257SE21238

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07968379

ABSTRACT:
A method for the separation of multiple dies during semiconductor fabrication is described. On an upper surface of a semiconductor wafer containing multiple dies, metal layers are deposited everywhere except where a block of stop electroplating material exists. The stop electroplating material is obliterated, and a barrier layer is formed above the entire remaining structure. A sacrificial metal element is added above the barrier layer, and then the substrate is removed. After the semiconductor material between the individual dies is eradicated, any desired bonding pads and patterned circuitry are added to the semiconductor surface opposite the sacrificial metal element, a passivation layer is added to this surface, and then the sacrificial metal element is removed. Tape is added to the now exposed barrier layer, the passivation layer is removed, the resulting structure is flipped over, and the tape is expanded to separate the individual dies.

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PCT International Search Report and Written Opinion dated Oct. 17, 2007.

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