Method of fabricating an integrated circuit having active regions near a die edge

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PATENT NO 5196378
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07679122

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The invention relates to a method of scribing and separating dice from each other after fabrication in a semiconductor wafer in a manner such that active circuit regions in the dice reside as near to an edge of a die as possible. The wafer is anistropically etched through the active layer and into the substrate through an opening in the mask to form a generally V-shaped channel with the dice then being separated along a vertex of the channel. The dice are then positioned to abut each other in the form of a mosaic.

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TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDDALLAS TX

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bean, Kenneth E Celina, TX 12 381
Freeman, Jack W Plano, TX 1 26
McGrath, Robert D Andover, MA 1 26
Powell, John Canton, TX 34 701

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