IP Library Granted Patent US 10,319,598
Granted Patent B2
US 10,319,598 · App. 14/785,372 · Granted Jun 11, 2019

Method and apparatus for thinning wafer

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Patent No.
US 10,319,598
App. No.
14/785,372
Granted
Jun 11, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method and an apparatus for thinning a wafer are provided. The method for thinning a wafer, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: irradiating a line beam focused at a specific depth of the wafer; scanning the wafer by using the line beam so as to form an interface at the specific depth of the wafer; and cleaving the wafer on which the interface is formed into a pattern wafer and a dummy wafer.

Claims (14)

1. A method for thinning a wafer, comprising:

irradiating a line beam focused at a specific depth of a wafer on a surface opposite to a surface on which a circuit is disposed;

scanning the wafer by using the line beam and forming an interface at the specific depth of the wafer; and

cleaving the wafer in which the interface is formed into a pattern wafer and a dummy wafer.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the irradiating of the line beam includes: irradiating a laser beam; and

shaping the laser beam to generate the line beam.

3. A method for thinning a wafer, comprising:

irradiating a line beam focused at a specific depth of a wafer;

scanning the wafer by using the line beam and forming an interface at the specific depth of the wafer; and

cleaving the wafer in which the interface is formed into a pattern wafer and a dummy wafer,

wherein the forming of the interface includes:

adjusting at least one of a scan rate of the line beam or an intensity of the line beam; and

forming grid pattern lines at the specific depth of the wafer.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: forming a circuit pattern on the dummy wafer and recycling the dummy wafer.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 26, 2019
From: HANWHA AEROSPACE CO., LTD.
To: HANWHA PRECISION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 048702/0939 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 11, 2019
From: HANWHA TECHWIN CO., LTD.
To: HANWHA AEROSPACE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 048302/0176 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 19, 2015
From: KIM, SUNG WOOK
To: HANWHA TECHWIN CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 036819/0096 →