Dice before grind with backside metal

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9165831
APP PUB NO 20150001683A1
SERIAL NO

13928676

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A method including forming a plurality of dicing channels in a front side of a wafer; the plurality of dicing channels including a depth at least greater than a desired final thickness of the wafer, filling the plurality of dicing channels with a fill material and removing a portion of the wafer from a back side of the wafer until the desired final thickness is achieved, where a portion of the fill material within the plurality of dicing channel is exposed. The method further including depositing a metal layer on the back side of the wafer; removing the fill material from within the plurality of dicing channels to expose the metal layer at a bottom of the plurality of dicing channels, and removing a portion of the metal layer located at the bottom of the plurality of dicing channels.

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  • GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Daubenspeck, Timothy H Colchester, US 147 1756
Gambino, Jeffrey P Westford, US 531 7330
Musante, Charles F Burlington, US 36 319
Muzzy, Christopher D Burlington, US 130 1008
Sauter, Wolfgang Richmond, US 189 1600
Sullivan, Timothy D Underhill, US 138 1677

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