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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 1993
Filed:
Sep. 17, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Roger A Robbins, Allen, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; H01L / ; H01L / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
437225 ; 437228 ; 156643 ; 118620 ; 118728 ;
Abstract
A method of processing a semiconductor wafer using a wafer chuck having a first end with a non-planar surface, the non-planar surface shaped such that a wafer supported at a plurality of points about its periphery will have a uniform pressure between its surface and the non-planar surface, and pressing a surface of the wafer against the non-planar surface of the wafer chuck.