IP Library Granted Patent US 10,475,675
Granted Patent B2
US 10,475,675 · App. 15/133,978 · Granted Nov 12, 2019

Manufacturing apparatus and manufacturing method of semiconductor device

Inventors: Jun Tanaka (Kuwana Mie, JP); Masaya Shima (Oita Oita, JP)
Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
H01L21/67132H01L21/67092H01L21/67109H01L21/67115H01L21/6835H01L21/6836H01L24/14H01L2221/6834H01L2221/6839H01L2221/68327H01L2221/68368H01L2224/11H01L2224/94
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Patent No.
US 10,475,675
App. No.
15/133,978
Granted
Nov 12, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An apparatus for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes a stage configured to hold tape adhering to a second surface of a semiconductor wafer having the second surface and a first surface opposite to the second surface, a vacuum mechanism attachable to an upper side of a substrate provided to adhere to the first surface, a driving unit configured to drive the vacuum mechanism in a direction by which the vacuum mechanism is separated from the substrate, and a cooling unit configured to cool the tape.

Claims (24)

1. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device comprising:

forming a wiring layer on a first surface of a semiconductor wafer having the first surface and a second surface facing away from the first surface;

forming an insulation layer covering the wiring layer on the first surface of the semiconductor wafer;

bonding a substrate on the insulation layer with an adhesive layer between the insulation layer and the substrate;

forming a contact extending through the semiconductor wafer, the contact comprising a convex portion adjacent to the second surface;

affixing tape on the second surface of the semiconductor wafer;

increasing the elastic modulus of the tape; and

separating the substrate from the first surface of the semiconductor wafer after increasing the elastic modulus of the tape, wherein

the contact is electrically connected to the wiring layer.

2. The method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the thickness of the tape is greater than a sum of the thickness of the semiconductor wafer and the thickness of the adhesive layer.

3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

positioning a surface of the tape against a stage configured to hold the tape.

4. The method according to claim 3 , further comprising:

cooling the stage to a temperature in the range of from −15 degrees ° C. to 10 degrees ° C., wherein

the elastic modulus of the tape is increased when the tape is cooled by cooling the stage.

5. The method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the elastic modulus of the tape is increased by irradiating the tape with ultraviolet light.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the elastic modulus of the tape is increased by 0.1 MPa or larger.

7. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

positioning a vacuum mechanism onto an upper side of the substrate; and

inserting a jig comprising a front end portion between the substrate and the semiconductor wafer during the separation of the substrate from the semiconductor wafer.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the tape comprises a material having an elastic modulus that varies in accordance with a temperature thereof.

9. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising grinding the surface of the semiconductor wafer before the separation of the substrate from the semiconductor wafer.

Assignments (5)
MERGER Recorded Jan 22, 2021
From: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
To: K.K. PANGEA
Reel/Frame 055659/0471 →
CHANGE OF NAME AND ADDRESS Recorded Jan 22, 2021
From: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
To: KIOXIA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055669/0001 →
CHANGE OF NAME AND ADDRESS Recorded Jan 22, 2021
From: K.K. PANGEA
To: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055669/0401 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 14, 2017
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043194/0647 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 22, 2016
From: TANAKA, JUN; SHIMA, MASAYA
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 039237/0681 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-086155 · Apr 20, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
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