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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2011
Applicant:
Toshiyuki Kosaka, Yokohama, JP;
Inventor:
Toshiyuki Kosaka, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Sumitomo Electric Device Innovations, Inc., Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/76 (2006.01); H01L 21/30 (2006.01); H01L 21/46 (2006.01); H01L 21/00 (2006.01); H01L 29/15 (2006.01); H01L 23/544 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A process to divide a wafer into individual chips is disclosed. The process (1) etches semiconductor layers for an active device to form two grooves putting the virtual cut line therebetween, where the semiconductor wafer is to be divided along the virtual cut line; (2) etches the substrate in a region including the virtual cut line but offset from the groove from the back surface thereof so as to expose the semiconductor layers in the primary surface; and (3) etches the semiconductor layer exposed in step (2).