Texas Instruments Corporation

National Semiconductor Corporation

Kooi Choon Ooi

You Chye How

Lee Han Meng Eugene Lee

Chen Seong Chua

Ken Fei Lim

Kok Leong Yeo

In one aspect of the present invention, an integrated circuit package with an exposed die and a protective housing will be described. The housing extends beyond the exposed back surface of the die to help protect it from damage. The integrated circuit package includes a lead frame and an integrated circuit die. The integrated circuit die is electrically and physically attached to the lead frame. The housing encapsulates the lead frame and the die. The housing also includes a recessed region at the bottom of the package where the back surface of the die is exposed. There is a protruding protective structure at the bottom of the package that helps to protect the die and prevent its exposed back surface from coming in contact with an external object.

Exposed die package that helps protect the exposed die from damage

In one aspect of the present invention, a method of sawing a semiconductor wafer will be described. A semiconductor wafer is positioned in a wafer sawing apparatus that includes a sawing blade and a movable support structure that physically supports the semiconductor wafer. The semiconductor wafer is coupled with the support structure with various layers, including a die attach film, an adhesive and a base film. The die attach film is cut with the sawing blade. During the cutting operation, a contact portion of the sawing blade engages one of the layers and moves at least partly in one direction. While the contact portion of the sawing blade engages the layer, the support structure moves in the opposite direction. Various aspects of the present invention relate to arrangements and a wafer sawing apparatus that involve the aforementioned sawing method.

Method and apparatus for dicing die attach film on a semiconductor wafer

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