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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.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2015

Filed:

Jun. 30, 2014
Applicants:

Prabhat Kumar, Fremont, CA (US);

Wei-sheng Lei, San Jose, CA (US);

James Papanu, San Rafael, CA (US);

Brad Eaton, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Ajay Kumar, Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Prabhat Kumar, Fremont, CA (US);

Wei-Sheng Lei, San Jose, CA (US);

James Papanu, San Rafael, CA (US);

Brad Eaton, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Ajay Kumar, Cupertino, CA (US);

Assignee:

Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/822 (2006.01); H01L 21/67 (2006.01); B23K 26/00 (2014.01); B26D 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/822 (2013.01); B23K 26/0057 (2013.01); B26D 9/00 (2013.01); H01L 21/67092 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and system of hybrid dicing using a blade and laser are described. In one embodiment, a method involves focusing a laser beam inside the substrate in regions between the integrated circuits, inducing defects inside the substrate in the regions. The method also involves forming a groove on a surface of the substrate with a blade saw in the regions. The method further involves singulating the integrated circuits at the regions with the induced defects and the groove. In one embodiment, a system includes a laser module configured to focus a laser beam inside the substrate in regions between the integrated circuits, inducing defects inside the substrate in the regions. A blade grooving module is configured to form a groove in a surface of the substrate with a blade saw in the regions.


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