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公开(公告)号:US11664276B2
公开(公告)日:2023-05-30
申请号:US16205692
申请日:2018-11-30
Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated
Inventor: Matthew John Sherbin , Michael Todd Wyant , Christopher Daniel Manack , Hiroyuki Sada , Shoichi Iriguchi , Genki Yano , Ming Zhu , Joseph O. Liu
IPC: H01L23/544 , H01L21/78 , B23K26/364 , H01L23/00 , H01L21/268
CPC classification number: H01L21/78 , B23K26/364 , H01L21/268 , H01L23/562
Abstract: A semiconductor die includes a substrate having a semiconductor surface layer bon a front side with active circuitry including at last one transistor therein and a back side. The sidewall edges of the semiconductor die have at least one damage region pair including an angled damage feature region relative to a surface normal of the semiconductor die that is above a damage region that is more normal to the surface normal of the die as compared to the angled damage feature region.
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公开(公告)号:US20230134102A1
公开(公告)日:2023-05-04
申请号:US17514313
申请日:2021-10-29
Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
Inventor: Stephen Arlon Meisner , James Thomas Hallowell , Michael Todd Wyant
IPC: H01L23/544
Abstract: A photo alignment structure is provided that includes a wafer having scribe lines defined therein in a top planar surface of the wafer. An alignment structure is disposed on a top planar surface of the wafer longitudinally aligned with a portion of selected scribe lines, where the alignment structure is comprised of metal layers. A slot is defined along a longitudinal axis of the alignment structure in at least one of the metal layers.
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公开(公告)号:US11482442B2
公开(公告)日:2022-10-25
申请号:US17184553
申请日:2021-02-24
Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated
Inventor: Matthew John Sherbin , Michael Todd Wyant , Dave Charles Stepniak , Sada Hiroyuki , Shoichi Iriguchi , Genki Yano
IPC: H01L21/683 , H01L21/687
Abstract: A subring for holding tape connected to semiconductor dies and spanning a passage in a frame having a first diameter includes a base. An opening extends through the base and has a second diameter at least as large as the first diameter. A projection extends from the base to ends positioned on opposite sides of the base. The projection is adapted to clamp the tape to the frame and adapted to prevent relative movement between the tape, the subring, and the frame.
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公开(公告)号:US20210183683A1
公开(公告)日:2021-06-17
申请号:US17184553
申请日:2021-02-24
Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated
Inventor: Matthew John Sherbin , Michael Todd Wyant , Dave Charles Stepniak , Sada Hiroyuki , Shoichi Iriguchi , Genki Yano
IPC: H01L21/683 , H01L21/687
Abstract: A subring for holding tape connected to semiconductor dies and spanning a passage in a frame having a first diameter includes a base. An opening extends through the base and has a second diameter at least as large as the first diameter. A projection extends from the base to ends positioned on opposite sides of the base. The projection is adapted to clamp the tape to the frame and adapted to prevent relative movement between the tape, the subring, and the frame.
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公开(公告)号:US20250046733A1
公开(公告)日:2025-02-06
申请号:US18362894
申请日:2023-07-31
Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated
Inventor: Jaimal Mallory Willamson , Michael Todd Wyant , Yutaka Suzuki
Abstract: An example device includes: a semiconductor die formed on a semiconductor substrate and having a device side surface, a backside surface opposite the device side surface, and having sides between the device side surface and the backside surface at edges of the semiconductor die; the semiconductor die having a device area comprising electrical devices formed on the semiconductor die, and having a scribe spacing area between the device area and the edges of the semiconductor die; the semiconductor die having polymeric anchors in the scribe spacing area, the polymeric anchors being recesses that extend through a protective overcoat dielectric layer that is over the device side surface of the semiconductor die, and extending into the semiconductor substrate of the semiconductor die; and polymeric material covering at least a portion of the semiconductor die, the polymeric material filling the recesses of the polymeric anchors.
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公开(公告)号:US12009319B2
公开(公告)日:2024-06-11
申请号:US16737237
申请日:2020-01-08
Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated
Inventor: Christopher Daniel Manack , Qiao Chen , Michael Todd Wyant , Matthew John Sherbin , Patrick Francis Thompson
IPC: H01L23/58 , H01L23/528 , H01L23/532
CPC classification number: H01L23/585 , H01L23/528 , H01L23/53209
Abstract: An integrated circuit (IC) die includes a substrate with circuitry configured for at least one function including metal interconnect levels thereon including a top metal interconnect level and a bottom metal interconnect level, with a passivation layer on the top metal interconnect level. A scribe street is around a periphery of the IC die, the scribe street including a scribe seal utilizing at least two of the plurality of metal interconnect levels, an inner metal meander stop ring including at least the top metal interconnect level located outside the scribe seal, wherein the scribe seal and the inner metal meander stop ring are separated by a first separation gap. An outer metal meander stop ring including at least the top metal interconnect level is located outside the inner metal stop ring, wherein the outer stop ring and the inner stop ring are separated by a second separation gap.
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公开(公告)号:US20240071828A1
公开(公告)日:2024-02-29
申请号:US17823797
申请日:2022-08-31
Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated
Inventor: Michael Todd Wyant
IPC: H01L21/784 , H01L21/02 , H01L21/3065 , H01L23/50
CPC classification number: H01L21/784 , H01L21/0206 , H01L21/02096 , H01L21/3065 , H01L23/50
Abstract: Methods of separating semiconductor dies are described. The method can separate individual semiconductor dies from a semiconductor wafer without using a blade. The methods include a plasma etch process utilizing metal structures formed on a back side of the wafer as masks to remove a portion of the semiconductor wafer from the back side. The portion removed by the plasma etch process corresponds to the scribe lines between the semiconductor dies. The plasma etch process terminates at a dielectric layer formed on a front side of the wafer. The dielectric layer may be severed to complete the separation process. Moreover, an ultrasonic water jet process may be utilized to remove burrs of the dielectric layer that has been severed.
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公开(公告)号:US11469141B2
公开(公告)日:2022-10-11
申请号:US16057126
申请日:2018-08-07
Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated
Inventor: Michael Todd Wyant , Dave Charles Stepniak , Matthew John Sherbin , Sada Hiroyuki , Shoichi Iriguchi , Genki Yano
IPC: H01L21/78 , H01L23/58 , H01L21/683 , H01L21/67 , H01L21/268
Abstract: In a described example, a method includes: applying a dicing tape over a metal layer covering a portion of a surface of scribe streets on a device side of a semiconductor wafer that includes semiconductor device dies formed thereon separated from one another by the scribe streets; and placing the semiconductor wafer with the device side facing away from a laser in a stealth dicing machine. A power of a laser beam is adjusted to a first power level. The laser beam is focused through the non-device side of the semiconductor wafer to a first focal depth in the metal layer. The laser beam scans across the scribe streets and ablates the metal layer in the scribe streets. The method continues by singulating the semiconductor device dies using stealth dicing along the scribe streets in the stealth dicing machine.
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公开(公告)号:US11171031B2
公开(公告)日:2021-11-09
申请号:US16041888
申请日:2018-07-23
Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated
Inventor: Matthew John Sherbin , Michael Todd Wyant , Dave Charles Stepniak , Hiroyuki Sada , Shoichi Iriguchi , Genki Yano
IPC: H01L21/683 , B28D5/00 , H01L21/78 , H01L21/687
Abstract: A die matrix expander includes a subring including ≥3 pieces, and a wafer frame supporting a dicing tape having an indentation for receiving pieces of the subring. The subring prior to expansion sits below a level of the wafer frame and has an outer diameter
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