Invention Application
- Patent Title: Layout and Method of Singulating Miniature Ultrasonic Transducers
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Application No.: US14106899Application Date: 2013-12-16
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Publication No.: US20140184027A1Publication Date: 2014-07-03
- Inventor: Cheryl Rice , Dongjuan Chris Xi
- Applicant: VOLCANO CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US CA San Diego
- Assignee: VOLCANO CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: VOLCANO CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Diego
- Main IPC: H01L41/04
- IPC: H01L41/04 ; H01L41/332 ; H01L41/16

Abstract:
The present disclosure provides a method of singulating a plurality of miniature ultrasound transducers from a wafer. The method includes receiving a wafer on which a plurality of miniature ultrasound transducers is formed. The miniature ultrasound transducers each include a transducer membrane containing a piezoelectric material. The method includes etching, from a front side of the wafer, a plurality of trenches into the wafer. Each trench at least partially encircles a respective one of the miniature ultrasound transducers in a top view. Each trench includes an approximately rounded segment. The method includes thinning the wafer from a back side opposite the front side. The thinning the wafer is performed such that the trenches are open to the back side. The method includes performing a dicing process to the wafer to separate the miniature ultrasound transducers from one another. The dicing process is performed without making crossing cuts in the wafer.
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