IP Library Granted Patent US 9,659,873
Granted Patent B2
US 9,659,873 · App. 14/836,947 · Granted May 23, 2017

Semiconductor structure with aligning mark and method of forming the same

Inventors: Ying-Chiao Wang (Changhua County, TW); Yu-Hsiang Hung (Tainan, TW); Chao-Hung Lin (Changhua County, TW); Ssu-I Fu (Kaohsiung, TW); Chih-Kai Hsu (Tainan, TW); Jyh-Shyang Jenq (Pingtung County, TW)
Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
H01L23/544H01L21/0337H01L21/28008H01L21/31144H01L2223/5442H01L2223/5446H01L2223/54426
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Patent No.
US 9,659,873
App. No.
14/836,947
Granted
May 23, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a semiconductor structure comprising a wafer and an aligning mark. The wafer has a dicing region which comprises a central region, a middle region surrounds the central region, and a peripheral region surrounds the middle region. The aligning mark is disposed in the dicing region, wherein the alignment mark is a mirror symmetrical pattern. The aligning mark comprises a plurality of second patterns in the middle region and a plurality of third patterns disposed in peripheral region, wherein each third pattern comprises a plurality of lines, and a width of the line is 10 times less than a width of the L-shapes. The present invention further provides a method of forming the same.

Claims (14)

1. A semiconductor structure, comprising:

a wafer having a dicing region which comprises a central region, a middle region surrounds the central region, and a peripheral region surrounds the middle region;

an aligning mark disposed in the dicing region, wherein the alignment mark is a mirror symmetrical pattern and comprises:

a plurality of second patterns in the middle region; and

a plurality of third patterns disposed in peripheral region, wherein each third pattern comprises a plurality of lines, and a width of the line is 10 times less than a width of the second pattern.

2. The semiconductor structure according to claim 1 , wherein the lines in each third pattern are divided into two outer lines and a plurality of inner lines, wherein the outer line has a width greater than that of the inner line.

3. The semiconductor structure according to claim 2 , wherein the width of the outer line is more than five times greater than the width of the inner line.

4. The semiconductor structure according to claim 1 , wherein the aligning mark is symmetrical by an x axis and a y axis, and the x axis intersects the y axis at a center of the aligning mark.

5. The semiconductor structure according to claim 1 , wherein the lines in a part of the third patterns are parallel to the x axis and the lines in the other part of the third patterns are parallel to the y axis.

6. The semiconductor structure according to claim 1 , further comprising a first pattern in the central region.

7. The semiconductor structure according to claim 6 , wherein the first pattern is a hollow square.

8. The semiconductor structure according to claim 6 , wherein the width of the line is 10 times less than a width of the hollow square.

9. The semiconductor structure according to claim 1 , wherein the third pattern has a square contour.

10. The semiconductor structure according to claim 1 , wherein the third patterns are further disposed in the second region between the second patterns.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 26, 2015
From: WANG, YING-CHIAO; HUNG, YU-HSIANG; LIN, CHAO-HUNG; FU, SSU-I; HSU, CHIH-KAI; JENQ, JYH-SHYANG
To: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
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Continuity (1)
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