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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2012
Applicant:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Clayton Lee Stevenson, Keller, TX (US);
Jason C. Green, Richardson, TX (US);
Daryl Ross Koehl, Garland, TX (US);
Buu Quoc Diep, Murphy, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 23/498 (2006.01); H01L 29/84 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and structure for uncovering captive devices in a bonded wafer assembly comprising a top wafer and a bottom wafer. One embodiment method includes forming a plurality of cuts in the top wafer and removing a segment of the top wafer defined by the plurality of cuts. The bottom wafer remains unsingulated after the removal of the segment.