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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2017
Plasma-therm Llc, St. Petersburg, FL (US);
Tsu-Wu Chiang, Milpitas, CA (US);
Russell Westerman, Land O' Lakes, FL (US);
Plasma-Therm LLC, St. Petersburg, FL (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a method for plasma dicing a substrate. The substrate is provided with a top surface and a bottom surface, the top surface of the substrate having a plurality of street areas and at least one device structure. The substrate is placed onto a support film on a frame to form a work piece. A process chamber having a plasma source is provided. A work piece support is provided within the plasma process chamber. The work piece is placed onto the work piece support. A plasma is generated from the plasma source in the plasma process chamber. The work piece is processed using the generated plasma and a byproduct generated from the support film while the support film is exposed to the generated plasma.