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Dicing method

Assignee: Rohm Co Ltd
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Filing: 1993-10-08
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Granted: 1996-02-27
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Expires: 2013-10-08
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Abstract

Abstract In a dicing method, a resin adhesive tape is stuck to one surface of a wafer mount frame, then a rubber plate is stuck to the tape from the open side of the frame. With the rubber plate stretched, an adhesive is sprayed over the rubber plate, whereupon a wafer is stuck to the rubber plate. A weight is placed on the rubber plate to extend it further, thus fixing the wafer to the frame. The thus mounted wafer is diced. Alternatively, a resin adhesive tape is stuck to one surface of the frame, then a thick adhesive rubber plate is stuck to the tape from the open side of the frame, whereupon a wafer with hard wax printed using a screen mask is stuck to the rubber plate. The thus mounted wafer is diced by cutting into it deeply. The cut wafer is soaked in a solvent for separation from the rubber plate. As a further alternative, screen mask printing is carried out on a wafer, and wax is coated over the wafer. A resin adhesive tape is stuck to one surface of a wafer mount frame, and then a thick adhesive rubber plate is stuck to the tape from the open side of the wafer mount frame, whereupon the wax-side surface of the wafer is stuck to the rubber plate. The mounted wafer is diced. The wafer is soaked in a solvent for separation of chips from the rubber plate.

Inventors

  • 👤 Tetsuro Oki
  • 👤 Yoshio Murakami
  • 👤 Tsuyoshi Miyata

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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CPC Classifications
B; B28; B28D; B28D5/00; B28D5/0058; B28D5/0082; H; H10; H10P; H10P52/00; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T156/00; Y10T156/10; Y10T156/1052; Y10T156/1082

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim 55 words
A dicing method comprising the steps of: (a) fixing a workpiece to an elastic fixing means; (b) placing a piece of hard material between the workpiece and said elastic fixing means; and (c) locating the workpiece on the elastic fixing means so that the workpiece is disposed in an opening in a workpiece mount frame.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 55 words
A dicing method comprising the steps of: (a) fixing a workpiece to an elastic fixing means; (b) placing a piece of hard material between the workpiece and said elastic fixing means; and (c) locating the workpiece on the elastic fixing means so that the workpiece is disposed in an opening in a workpiece mount frame.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 13 words
A dicing method according to claim 1, wherein the hard material is fusible.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 130 words
A dicing method, comprising the steps of; (a) fixing a workpiece to an elastic fixing means having a thickness of at least 0.5 mm; (b) placing a piece of hard material between the workpiece and the elastic fixing means; (c) attaching the elastic fixing means with a workpiece fixing means, wherein the workpiece fixing means securely is fixed to a workpiece mount frame and the hard material is fixed to the elastic fixing means and the workpiece is fixed to the hard material so that workpiece is disposed in an opening in the workpiece mount fame; and (d) cutting into the workpiece, the hard material, and the elastic fixing means with a dicing saw so as to cut into the elastic fixing means the depth of at least 50 μm.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 130 words
A dicing method, comprising the steps of; (a) fixing a workpiece to an elastic fixing means having a thickness of at least 0.5 mm; (b) placing a piece of hard material between the workpiece and the elastic fixing means; (c) attaching the elastic fixing means with a workpiece fixing means, wherein the workpiece fixing means securely is fixed to a workpiece mount frame and the hard material is fixed to the elastic fixing means and the workpiece is fixed to the hard material so that workpiece is disposed in an opening in the workpiece mount fame; and (d) cutting into the workpiece, the hard material, and the elastic fixing means with a dicing saw so as to cut into the elastic fixing means the depth of at least 50 μm.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 13 words
A dicing method according to claim 3, wherein the hard material is fusible.

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