Hybrid dicing process using a blade and laser

P Kumar, WS Lei, J Papanu, B Eaton… - US Patent 9,130,057, 2015 - Google Patents
A method and system of hybrid dicing using a blade and laser are described. In one
embodiment, a method involves focusing a laser beam inside the substrate in regions …

Hybrid laser and plasma etch wafer dicing using substrate carrier

S Singh, B Eaton, A Kumar, WS Lei, JM Holden… - US Patent …, 2014 - Google Patents
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Damage isolation by shaped beam delivery in laser scribing process

JM Holden, N Merry, T Egan - US Patent 9,029,242, 2015 - Google Patents
Methods and apparatuses for dicing substrates by both laser scribing and plasma etching. A
method includes laserablating material layers, the ablating by a laser beam with a centrally …

Wafer dicing from wafer backside and front side

WS Lei, B Eaton, A Kumar - US Patent 9,224,650, 2015 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND 1) Field Embodiments of the present invention pertainto the field of
semiconductor processing and, in particular, to methods of dicing semiconductor wafers …

Method of die singulation using laser ablation and induction of internal defects with a laser

JS Papanu, WS Lei, J Park, A Lerner, B Eaton… - US Patent …, 2015 - Google Patents
Zafman LLP (57) ABSTRACT A method and system of hybrid laser dicing are described. In
one embodiment, a method includes focusing a laser beam inside a Substrate in regions …

Laser-dominated laser scribing and plasma etch hybrid wafer dicing

WS Lei, JS Papanu, B Eaton, A Kumar - US Patent 8,975,163, 2015 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND 1) Field Embodiments of the present invention pertainto the field of
semiconductor processing and, in particular, to methods of dicing semiconductor wafers …

Water soluble mask for substrate dicing by laser and plasma etch

WS Lei, S Singh, MR Yalamanchili, B Eaton… - US Patent …, 2014 - Google Patents
US PATENT DOCUMENTS Methods of dicing substrates having a plurality of ICs. A
4,049,944 A 9, 1977 Garvin et al. method includes forming a mask comprising a water …

Cooled tape frame lift and low contact shadow ring for plasma heat isolation

AH Ouye - US Patent 9,236,284, 2016 - Google Patents
COLAFRAME OF THE SUBSTRATE CARRIERWITHA described. In an example, a tape
frame lift assembly for a plasma processing chamber includes a capture single ring having …

Residue removal from singulated die sidewall

WS Lei, P Kumar, JS Papanu, A Kumar… - US Patent …, 2015 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND 1) Field Embodiments of the present invention pertainto the field of
semiconductor processing and, in particular, to methods of dicing semiconductor wafers …

Wafer dicing with etch chamber shield ring for film frame wafer applications

WS Lei, S Singh, J Dinev, A Iyer, B Eaton… - US Patent …, 2016 - Google Patents
Laser and plasma etch wafer dicing where a mask is formed covering ICs formed on the
wafer, as well as any bumps providing an interface to the ICs. The semiconductor wafer is …