Manufacturing method and program of semiconductor device
A burn-in test process is omitted for some or all lots. In burn-in necessity determination processing, whether each semiconductor chip requires a burn-in test to be performed is determined based on measurement data obtained in a probe test process. In an assembly process, based on the results of determination made in the burn-in necessity determination processing, the assembled packages are sorted into a first lot which includes packages each including a semiconductor chip determined to require a burn-in test to be performed and a second lot which includes packages each including a semiconductor chip determined to require no burn-in test to be performed. In a burn-in test process, only the packages of the first lot are subjected to a burn-in test.
1. A semiconductor device manufacturing method, comprising:
(a) forming a plurality of semiconductor chips on a main surface of a semiconductor wafer;
(b) electrically testing each of the semiconductor chips;
(c) dicing the semiconductor wafer into individual semiconductor chips and assembling each of the semiconductor chips into a package to be a semiconductor device;
(d) subjecting the packages to a burn-in test; and
(e) based on measurement data obtained in step (b), determining which of the semiconductor chips out the semiconductor chips which passed the electrical testing requires the burn-in test to be performed,
wherein step (c) comprises sorting the packages assembled with the semiconductor chips, respectively, into:
a first lot including packages having semiconductor chips determined in step (e) to require the burn-in test to be performed; and
a second lot including packages having semiconductor chips determined in step (e) not to require the burn-in test to be performed, and
wherein, in step (d), only the packages included in the first lot are subjected to the burn-in test.
2. The semiconductor device manufacturing method according to claim 1 ,
wherein the measurement data used in step (e) is measurement data obtained in a current-related test performed in step (b).
3. The semiconductor device manufacturing method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
(f) based on the measurement data obtained in step (b) and results of the burn-in test performed in step (d) concerning semiconductor devices manufactured in the past, generating a determination model for determining, based on the measurement data obtained in step (b) on the semiconductor chips, whether the semiconductor chips require the burn-in test to be performed,
wherein, in step (e), whether each of the semiconductor chips requires the burn-in test to be performed is determined using the determination model and based on the measurement data obtained in step (b).
4. A semiconductor device manufacturing method, comprising:
(a) forming a plurality of semiconductor chips on a main surface of a semiconductor wafer,
(b) electrically testing each of the semiconductor chips;
(c) dicing the semiconductor wafer into individual semiconductor chips and assembling each of the semiconductor chips into a package to be a semiconductor device;
(d) electrically testing the packages;
(e) subjecting the packages to a burn-in test; and
(f) based on measurement data obtained in step (b), determining which of the semiconductor chips out the semiconductor chips which passed the electrical testing requires the burn-in test to be performed,
wherein step (d) comprises sorting the packages, after being electrically tested, into:
a first lot including, out of the packages, those packages each including a semiconductor chip determined in step (f) to require the burn-in test to be performed; and
a second lot including, out of the packages, those packages determined in step (f) not to require the burn-in test to be performed, and
wherein, in step (e), only the packages included in the first lot are subjected to the burn-in test.
5. The semiconductor device manufacturing method according to claim 4 ,
wherein the measurement data used in step (f) is measurement data obtained in a current-related test performed in step (b).
6. The semiconductor device manufacturing method according to claim 4 , further comprising
(g) based on the measurement data obtained in step (b) and results of the burn-in test performed in step (e) concerning semiconductor devices manufactured in the past, generating a determination model for determining, based on the measurement data obtained in step (b) on the semiconductor chips, whether the semiconductor chips require the burn-in test to be performed,
wherein, in step (f), whether each of the semiconductor chips requires the burn-in test to be performed is determined using the determination model and based on the measurement data obtained in step (b).
7. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therein, the program instructions executable by a computer to cause a computer to execute the procedures for:
(a) accepting input of measurement data obtained in an electrical test performed on a plurality of semiconductor chips formed on a main surface of a semiconductor wafer and extracting, from the measurement data, data associated with a predetermined test item;
(b) linking the data extracted in procedure (a) to identification information for the semiconductor chips;
(c) after the semiconductor wafer is diced into the semiconductor chips and the semiconductor chips are assembled into packages to be semiconductor devices, respectively, determining whether each of the packages requires a burn-in test to be performed and outputting information about results of the determination; and
(d) based on information about the measurement data and results of the burn-in test obtained concerning semiconductor devices manufactured in the past, generating in step (b) a determination model for determining which of the semiconductor chips out the semiconductor chips which passed the electrical test requires the burn-in test to be performed.
8. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 7 ,
wherein, in step (c) whether each of the semiconductor chips requires the burn-in test to be performed is determined using the determination model.
9. The semiconductor device manufacturing method according to claim 1 , wherein step (b) further comprises:
electrically testing each of the semiconductor chips to identify non-defective semiconductor chips; and
determining whether each of the non-defective semiconductor chips requires the burn-in test to be performed.
10. The semiconductor device manufacturing method according to claim 9 , wherein step (c) comprises sorting the non-defective semiconductor chips into the first lot which require the burn-in test, and into the second lot which do not require the burn-in test.
11. The semiconductor device manufacturing method according to claim 2 , wherein the measurement data obtained in current-related test includes data on at least one of leak current, reset current, active current, and IDDQ.
12. The semiconductor device manufacturing method according to claim 3 , wherein the measurement data obtained in step (b) comprises current measurement data, and
wherein the determination model is represented by a predetermined numerical expression which includes parameters and variables representing current values extracted from the current measurement data.
13. The semiconductor device manufacturing method according to claim 12 , wherein the measurement data obtained in step (b) includes frequency measurement data and voltage measurement data.
14. The semiconductor device manufacturing method according to claim 13 , wherein the frequency measurement data and the voltage measurement data are used to complement the current measurement data.
15. The semiconductor device manufacturing method according to claim 3 , further comprising:
generating a new determination model by at least one of mechanical learning and data mining, using accumulated test result data on semiconductor chips and lots manufactured in the past as learning data.