Processing method of wafer
    1.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11610816B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-21

    申请号:US17171138

    申请日:2021-02-09

    申请人: DISCO CORPORATION

    摘要: A processing method of a wafer in which a modified layer is formed inside the wafer. In the processing method, irradiation with a first laser beam is executed from a back surface side of the wafer and the modified layer is formed inside the wafer. Then, irradiation with a second laser beam is executed with the focal point thereof positioned to the inside or the front surface of the wafer and reflected light is imaged by an imaging unit. Furthermore, a processing state of the wafer is determined on the basis of a taken image. The second laser beam is shaped in such a manner that a sectional shape thereof in a surface perpendicular to a traveling direction thereof becomes asymmetric across the modified layer.

    Non-destructive detection method
    2.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10557704B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-11

    申请号:US16265353

    申请日:2019-02-01

    申请人: DISCO CORPORATION

    IPC分类号: G01B11/22

    摘要: A non-destructive detection method includes, after carrying out a preparation step of preparing an inspection apparatus, an image acquisition step of intermittently moving an objective lens by a predetermined distance in a Z-axis direction orthogonal to an X-Y plane to be made closer to a first surface, positioning a focal point to a Z-axis coordinate value where a distance of the focal point extends by a refractive index of a workpiece, acquiring an X-Y plane image of an inside of the workpiece for each of a plurality of Z-axis coordinate values, and then, recording the acquired images in a recording unit, and a modified layer detecting step of detecting a state of a modified layer from the X-Y plane image for each of the plurality of Z-axis coordinate values recorded in the recording unit.

    Wafer processing method
    3.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11417570B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-16

    申请号:US17172325

    申请日:2021-02-10

    申请人: DISCO CORPORATION

    摘要: A wafer processing method for forming a modified layer within a wafer along planned dividing lines forms the modified layer within the wafer, positions a condensing point within the wafer or at the top surface of the wafer and applies a second laser beam while moving the condensing point in a thickness direction of the wafer, images reflected light, and determines the processed state of the wafer on the basis of a photographed image. The second laser beam is formed such that the sectional shape of the second laser beam in a plane perpendicular to the traveling direction of the second laser beam is asymmetric with respect to the modified layer.

    Wafer processing method
    5.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11456260B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-27

    申请号:US17171213

    申请日:2021-02-09

    申请人: DISCO CORPORATION

    摘要: A wafer processing method for forming a modified layer within a wafer along planned dividing lines forms the modified layer within the wafer, positions a condensing point within the wafer or at a top surface of the wafer and applies a second laser beam while moving the condensing point, images reflected light, and determines a processed state of the wafer on the basis of an imaged image. The second laser beam is formed such that a sectional shape of the second laser beam in a plane perpendicular to a traveling direction of the second laser beam is not axisymmetric with respect to an axis along the planned dividing lines.