US Patent No: 7,489,020

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Semiconductor wafer assemblies

ALSO PUBLISHED AS: 20060192283

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An elevated containment structure in the shape of a wafer edge ring surrounding a surface of a semiconductor wafer is disclosed, as well as methods of forming and using such a structure. In one embodiment, a wafer edge ring is formed using a stereolithography (STL) process. In another embodiment, a wafer edge ring is formed with a spin coating apparatus provided with a wafer edge exposure (WEE) system. In further embodiments, a wafer edge ring is used to contain a liquid over a wafer active surface during a processing operation. In one embodiment, the wafer edge ring contains a liquid having a higher refractive index than air while exposing a photoresist on the wafer by immersion lithography. In another embodiment, the wafer edge ring contains a curable liquid material while forming a chip scale package (CSP) sealing layer on the wafer.

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Patent Owner(s)

Patent OwnerAddressTotal Patents
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.BOISE, ID21274

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Benson, Peter A Guilderland, NY 70 458

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