IP Library Granted Patent US 9,875,918
Granted Patent B2
US 9,875,918 · App. 14/788,783 · Granted Jan 23, 2018

Initiator and method for debonding wafer supporting system

Inventors: Kyu-Dong Jung (Suwon-si, KR); Jung-Hwan Kim (Bucheon-si, KR); Dong-Gil Lee (Seoul, KR); Tae-Je Cho (Yongin-si, KR); Kwang-Chul Choi (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
H01L21/67115B32B38/10B32B41/00B32B43/006H01L21/67092H01L21/67253B32B2250/02B32B2310/0843B32B2457/14H01L2221/68381H01L2224/98Y10T156/1158Y10T156/1917
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Patent No.
US 9,875,918
App. No.
14/788,783
Granted
Jan 23, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are an initiator and a method for debonding a wafer supporting system. The initiator for debonding a wafer supporting system includes a rotation chuck having an upper surface on which a wafer supporting system (WSS), which includes a carrier wafer, a device wafer, and a glue layer for bonding the carrier wafer and the device wafer to each other, is seated to rotate the wafer supporting system, a detecting module detecting a height and a thickness of the glue layer and a laser module generating a fracture portion on the glue layer through irradiating a side surface of the glue layer with a laser on the basis of the height and the thickness of the glue layer.

Claims (40)

1. An initiator for debonding a wafer supporting system, comprising:

a rotation chuck having an upper surface on which a wafer supporting system (WSS) is seated and configured to rotate the wafer supporting system, the wafer supporting system includes a carrier wafer, a device wafer, and a glue layer bonding the carrier wafer and the device wafer;

a detecting module configured to detect a height and a thickness of the glue layer; and

a laser module configured to generate a fracture portion on the glue layer through irradiating a side surface of the glue layer with laser on the basis of the height and the thickness of the glue layer,

wherein the detecting module comprises an image sensor configured to capture an image of the wafer supporting system,

wherein the detecting module comprises a first position control module configured to adjust a height and a horizontal position of the detecting module.

2. The initiator of claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the carrier wafer is equal to or larger than a thickness of the device wafer.

3. The initiator of claim 1 , wherein the carrier wafer and the device wafer are in a circular shape, and

a diameter of the carrier wafer is equal to or larger than a diameter of the device wafer.

4. The initiator of claim 3 , wherein in the wafer supporting system, the glue layer is formed on an upper surface of the carrier wafer, and

the device wafer is bonded onto the glue layer.

5. The initiator of claim 3 , wherein a center of the carrier wafer and a center of the device wafer vertically overlap each other.

6. The initiator of claim 3 , wherein a center of the wafer supporting system and a rotating center of the rotation chuck are aligned to vertically overlap each other.

7. The initiator of claim 6 , further comprising a loading arm configured to seat the wafer supporting system on the rotation chuck,

wherein the detecting module is configured to detect whether the center of the wafer supporting system and the rotating center of the rotation chuck are aligned to vertically overlap each other, and

if the center of the wafer supporting system and the rotating center of the rotation chuck do not overlap each other, the loading arm is configured to readjust a seating position of the wafer supporting system.

8. The initiator of claim 1 , wherein the detecting module is positioned on a side surface of the wafer supporting system, and is configured to detect the height and the thickness of the side surface of the glue layer while the wafer supporting system is rotated.

9. The initiator of claim 1 , wherein the detecting module and the laser module are bonded to be fixed to each other.

10. The initiator of claim 1 , further comprising a presser applying a force onto the wafer supporting system to prevent the glue layer from bursting open.

11. The initiator of claim 1 ,

wherein the detecting module is spaced apart from the wafer supporting system.

12. The initiator of claim 1 , wherein the glue layer comprises a first glue layer formed on an upper surface of the carrier wafer and a second glue layer formed on a side surface of the carrier wafer, and

the laser module is configured to remove the second glue layer.

13. The initiator of claim 1 , wherein the device wafer comprises at least a through silicon via (TSV).

14. The initiator of claim 1 , wherein the fracture portion has a depth of 1 mm to 10 mm in a center direction from the side surface of the glue layer.

15. The initiator of claim 1 , wherein the fracture portion is formed on the side surface of the glue layer.

16. An initiator for debonding a wafer supporting system, comprising:

a rotation chuck having an upper surface on which a wafer supporting system (WSS) is seated and configured to rotate the wafer supporting system, the wafer supporting system includes a carrier wafer, a device wafer, and a glue layer bonding the carrier wafer and the device wafer;

a detecting module configured to detect a height and a thickness of the glue layer; and

a laser module configured to generate a fracture portion on the glue layer through irradiating a side surface of the glue layer with laser on the basis of the height and the thickness of the glue layer,

wherein the detecting module comprises an image sensor configured to capture an image of the wafer supporting system,

wherein the laser module is spaced apart from the wafer supporting system, and

wherein the laser module comprises a second position control module configured to adjust a height and a horizontal position of the laser module.

17. The initiator of claim 16 , wherein the second position control module is configured to adjust the height of the laser module according to the height and the thickness of the glue layer.

18. An initiator for debonding a wafer supporting system including a device wafer having a through silicon electrode, a glue layer formed on one surface of the device wafer, and a carrier wafer bonded to the glue layer, comprising:

a chuck having an upper surface on which the wafer supporting system is seated;

a detecting module configured to sense a height and a thickness of the glue layer on a side surface of the wafer supporting system as the wafer supporting system rotates; and

a laser module configured to form a fracture portion through irradiating a side surface of the glue layer with laser as the wafer supporting system rotates on the basis of the height and the thickness of the glue layer,

wherein the laser module comprises a position control module configured to adjust a height and a horizontal position of the laser module.

19. The initiator of claim 18 , wherein the detecting module and the laser module are bonded to each other to be rotated simultaneously.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 30, 2015
From: JUNG, KYU-DONG; KIM, JUNG-HWAN; LEE, DONG-GIL; CHO, TAE-JE; CHOI, KWANG-CHUL
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2014-0130461 · Sep 29, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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