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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2008
Filed:
May. 18, 2005
Parthasarathy Rajagopalan, Milpitas, CA (US);
Zafer Kutlu, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Emery O. Sugasawara, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Charles E. Vonderach, Livermore, CA (US);
Dilip P. Vijay, Redwood City, CA (US);
Yogendra Ranade, Fremont, CA (US);
Jeff Hall, San Jose, CA (US);
Dwight Manning, San Jose, CA (US);
Parthasarathy Rajagopalan, Milpitas, CA (US);
Zafer Kutlu, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Emery O. Sugasawara, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Charles E. Vonderach, Livermore, CA (US);
Dilip P. Vijay, Redwood City, CA (US);
Yogendra Ranade, Fremont, CA (US);
Jeff Hall, San Jose, CA (US);
Dwight Manning, San Jose, CA (US);
LSI Logic Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for avoiding dicing chip-outs in integrated circuit die comprises: (a) providing a wafer for forming a plurality of integrated circuit die thereon; (b) forming the plurality of integrated circuit die on the wafer; and (c) forming a saw street between the integrated circuit die on the wafer to relieve cutting stress in the wafer when the integrated circuit die are separated by a dicing saw.