Wafer backside particle mitigation

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9318347
APP PUB NO 20160049311A1
SERIAL NO

14459745

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A method of particle mitigation which includes obtaining a semiconductor wafer having a nonfunctional backside and a functional frontside on which semiconductor devices are formed by one or more lithography processes; coating the backside with a layer comprising silicon or amorphous carbon; planarizing the coated backside by a planarizing process; placing the semiconductor wafer onto a wafer chuck such that the wafer chuck makes direct contact with the coated backside; and while maintaining the coated backside in direct contact with the wafer chuck, performing a first lithographic process on the frontside.

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ELPIS TECHNOLOGIES INC1891 ROBERSTON ROAD SUITE 100 OTTAWA K2H 5B7

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bergendahl, Marc A Troy, US 98 1156
Demarest, James J Rensselaer, US 41 531
Hubbard, Alex R East Greenbush, US 4 22
Johnson, Richard Albany, US 177 2223
Jung, Ryan O Rensselaer, US 24 265
Kelly, James J Schenectady, US 42 204
Mehta, Sanjay C Niskayuna, US 106 783
Reznicek, Alexander Troy, US 1407 11211
Upham, Allan W Waterford, US 5 68

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