IP Library Granted Patent US 9,613,912
Granted Patent B2
US 9,613,912 · App. 14/971,458 · Granted Apr 4, 2017

Method of marking a semiconductor package

Inventor: Christopher M. Scanlan (Chandler, AZ)
Assignee: DECA Technologies Inc.
H01L23/544H01L21/78H01L23/3114H01L24/19H01L24/20H01L24/96H01L24/97H01L2223/5442H01L2223/54406H01L2223/54413H01L2223/54426H01L2223/54433H01L2223/54486H01L2224/04105H01L2224/12105H01L2224/18H01L2224/73267H01L2224/92H01L2924/0002
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Patent No.
US 9,613,912
App. No.
14/971,458
Granted
Apr 4, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of making a semiconductor device can include providing a wafer comprising a plurality of semiconductor die, wherein each semiconductor die comprises an active surface and a backside opposite the active surface. A photosensitive layer can be formed over the wafer and on a backside of each of the plurality of semiconductor die within the wafer with a coating machine. An identifying mark can be formed within the photosensitive layer for each of the plurality of semiconductor die with a digital exposure machine and a developer, wherein a thickness of the identifying mark is less than or equal to 50 percent of a thickness of the photosensitive layer. The photosensitive layer can be cured. The wafer can be singulated into a plurality of semiconductor devices.

Claims (18)

1. A method of making a semiconductor device, comprising:

providing a wafer comprising a plurality of semiconductor die, wherein each semiconductor die comprises an active surface and a backside opposite the active surface;

forming a multi-film material over the wafer and over a backside of each of the plurality of semiconductor die within the wafer with a coating machine, the multi-film material comprising a non-photosensitive layer and a photosensitive layer, wherein a thickness of the photosensitive layer is less than or equal to a thickness of the non-photosensitive layer;

forming an identifying mark within the photosensitive layer for each of the plurality of semiconductor die by removing a portion of the photosensitive layer with a digital exposure machine and a developer, wherein a thickness of the identifying mark is less than or equal to 50 percent of a thickness of the photosensitive layer, the identifying mark encoding unique product information;

curing the photosensitive layer; and

singulating the wafer into a plurality of semiconductor devices.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the wafer is a native semiconductor wafer.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the wafer is a reconstituted wafer or reconstituted panel.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising forming the identifying marks with a feature size less than or equal to 150 micrometers in length, width, or both.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

forming the photosensitive layer comprising a thickness in a range of 10-60 micrometers; and

forming the identifying mark for each of the plurality of semiconductor die with a thickness in a range of 2-30 micrometers.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising forming the photosensitive layer as a multi-film material comprising a non-photosensitive layer and a photosensitive layer, wherein a thickness of the photosensitive layer is less than or equal to a thickness of the non-photosensitive layer.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

forming the wafer with a diameter of about 300 millimeters; and

forming the identifying mark for each of the plurality of semiconductor die at a rate equal to or greater than 25 wafers per hour (WPH) for wafers comprising a diameter of about 300 mm.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the identifying mark comprises one or more features comprising text, letters, shapes, symbols, logos, alphanumeric sequences, two-dimensional matrix codes, bar codes, QR codes, IR codes, or pin identifiers.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein manufacturing time of the identifying mark is independent of a number of characters or symbols in the identifying mark.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 18, 2021
From: DECA TECHNOLOGIES INC.
To: DECA TECHNOLOGIES USA, INC.
Reel/Frame 055017/0342 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 10, 2017
From: SCANLAN, CHRISTOPHER M.
To: DECA TECHNOLOGIES INC.
Reel/Frame 040935/0576 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62092322 · Dec 16, 2014
Related Publication 20160172306A1 · Jun 16, 2016