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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2025

Filed:

Mar. 02, 2022
Applicant:

Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Charlotte Cutler, Hopkinton, NY (US);

Michael Murphy, Latham, NY (US);

Anthony R. Schepis, Averill Park, NY (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/31 (2006.01); H01L 21/02 (2006.01); H01L 21/469 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/02035 (2013.01);
Abstract

Techniques herein include methods for coating a single layer actuator film or multi-layer actuator film on the backside of a wafer. The actuator film includes one or more chemical actuators. Chemical actuators are various molecules, crystals, chemical compounds and other chemical compositions that are capable of imposing directional stress in response to application of an external stimulus on the chemical actuator. The external stimulus can include a particular wavelength of light or polarization of light, or heat (or directed infrared radiation) or load, which can include load-responsive actuation or pressure-responsive actuation.


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