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Granted Patent B2
US 12,543,531 · App. 18/255,037 · Granted Feb 3, 2026

Substrate for carrying wafer

Inventors: Shoko Tatsumi (Musashino, JP); Masahiro Nada (Musashino, JP); Yasuhiko Nakanishi (Musashino, JP)
Assignee: NTT, Inc.
H01L21/6773H01L21/68H01L21/6838
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Patent No.
US 12,543,531
App. No.
18/255,037
Granted
Feb 3, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure is to provide a wafer carrier substrate for carrying a wafer on which a plurality of chips is formed, elements to be measured being built in the plurality of chips. The wafer carrier substrate includes: a vacuuming hole for vacuuming of the wafer placed on the wafer carrier substrate; a wafer alignment guide for determining a predetermined position of the wafer placed on the wafer carrier substrate; and a mark for determining a probe contact position. It is possible to recognize a specific shot, without any additional processing of the semiconductor wafer.

Claims (22)

1 . A wafer carrier substrate for carrying a wafer on which a plurality of chips is formed, an element to be measured being formed in the plurality of chips,

the wafer carrier substrate comprising:

a vacuuming hole for vacuuming of the wafer placed on the wafer carrier substrate;

a wafer alignment guide that determines a predetermined position of the wafer placed on the wafer carrier substrate; and

a mark that determines a probe contact position;

wherein the mark that determines the probe contact position enables identification of each line in a grid-like pattern on the wafer carrier substrate.

2 . The wafer carrier substrate according to claim 1 , further comprising two or more marks that determine the probe contact position.

3 . The wafer carrier substrate according to claim 1 , wherein a size of the mark is 100 μm or greater and 1 mm or shorter in both length and width, the mark determining the probe contact position.

4 . The wafer carrier substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the wafer alignment guide is a protruding portion with respect to the wafer carrier substrate.

5 . The wafer carrier substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the vacuuming hole functions as the wafer alignment guide.

6 . The wafer carrier substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the wafer carrier substrate is formed with a material that transmits infrared light.

7 . A wafer carrier substrate for carrying a wafer on which a plurality of chips is formed, an element to be measured being formed in the plurality of chips,

the wafer carrier substrate comprising:

a vacuuming hole for vacuuming of the wafer placed on the wafer carrier substrate;

a wafer alignment guide that determines a predetermined position of the wafer placed on the wafer carrier substrate; and

a mark that determines a probe contact position;

wherein the mark that determines the probe contact position is each line in a grid-like pattern on the wafer carrier substrate, and at least some of the respective lines are drawn by lines of types distinguishable from one another.

8 . The wafer carrier substrate according to claim 7 , further comprising two or more marks that determine the probe contact position.

9 . The wafer carrier substrate according to claim 7 , wherein a size of the mark is 100 μm or greater and 1 mm or shorter in both length and width, the mark determining the probe contact position.

10 . The wafer carrier substrate according to claim 7 , wherein the wafer alignment guide is a protruding portion with respect to the wafer carrier substrate.

11 . The wafer carrier substrate according to claim 7 , wherein the vacuuming hole functions as the wafer alignment guide.

12 . The wafer carrier substrate according to claim 7 , wherein the wafer carrier substrate is formed with a material that transmits infrared light.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 18, 2025
From: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
To: NTT, INC.
Reel/Frame 072507/0679 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 30, 2023
From: TATSUMI, SHOKO; NADA, MASAHIRO; NAKANISHI, YASUHIKO
To: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063798/0256 →
Continuity (1)
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