Wolfspeed, Inc.

Joshua Venton Negley

Devon Michael Diehl

Systems and methods for laser-based surface processing operations on a wide bandgap semiconductor wafer, such as a silicon carbide semiconductor wafer, are provided. In one example, a method includes removing a wide bandgap semiconductor wafer from a boule using a removal process. The method includes ablating, with one or more lasers, an exposed surface resulting from the removal process to remove material from the exposed surface, wherein ablating, with one or more lasers, the exposed surface reduces a thickness of semiconductor material (e.g., by about 25 microns or greater).

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Hillsborough, NC, United States of America

Joshua Venton Negley