Invention Grant
- Patent Title: End point detection in grinding
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Application No.: US13290879Application Date: 2011-11-07
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Publication No.: US09960088B2Publication Date: 2018-05-01
- Inventor: Yi-Chao Mao , Jui-Pin Hung , Jing-Cheng Lin , Shin-Puu Jeng , Chen-Hua Yu
- Applicant: Yi-Chao Mao , Jui-Pin Hung , Jing-Cheng Lin , Shin-Puu Jeng , Chen-Hua Yu
- Applicant Address: TW Hsin-Chu
- Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: TW Hsin-Chu
- Agency: Slater Matsil, LLP
- Main IPC: B24B49/10
- IPC: B24B49/10 ; H01L21/66 ; B24B37/013 ; B24B7/22 ; H01L23/31

Abstract:
A method for performing grinding includes selecting a target wheel loading for wafer grinding processes, and performing a grinding process on a wafer. With the proceeding of the grinding process, wheel loadings of the grinding process are measured. The grinding process is stopped after the target wheel loading is reached. The method alternatively includes selecting a target reflectivity of wafer grinding processes, and performing a grinding process on a wafer. With a proceeding of the grinding process, reflectivities of a light reflected from a surface of the wafer are measured. The grinding process is stopped after one of the reflectivities reaches the target reflectivity.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130115854A1 End Point Detection in Grinding Public/Granted day:2013-05-09
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