Patent ID: 9330954
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: H01L

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising: placing a substrate on a top surface of a support platform; wherein a bottom surface of the substrate abuts the top surface of the support platform after placement without adhesive between the bottom surface and the top surface; depositing a material over and around the substrate and on the top surface of the support platform; wherein the material is in contact with a side surface of the substrate to completely seal an interface as between the bottom surface of the substrate and the top surface of the support platform to retain abutment of the top surface and the bottom surface without adhesive therebetween; removing an upper portion of the material; thinning the substrate including removing more of the material; back-end-of-line processing the substrate including forming one or more inter-level dielectrics and one or more levels of metallization; and dicing the substrate to provide dies.