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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 1980
Filed:
Dec. 06, 1977
Eckhard Meyer, Lampertheim, DE;
Gunter Berndes, Heppenheim, DE;
BBC Brown Boveri & Company, Limited, Baden, CH;
Abstract
A method of fabricating semiconductor components having electrodes and terminals. The method includes preparing an undivided semiconductor wafer having at least one pn-junction; etching a grid pattern of grooves into at least one side of the undivided wafer, thereby forming mesas with concave side surfaces and elevations with upper surfaces bounded by closed rounded curves; coating the exposed lateral surfaces of the etched mesas with a passivating layer; metallizing the upper surfaces of these elevations, thereby providing ohmic contacts for the undivided semiconductor wafer; and breaking the undivided semiconductor wafer into individual semiconductor chips along the lines of the etched grooves.