Patent ID: 6513564
Filing Date: 2003-02-04
Classification: B28D,B32B,H01L,Y10T

Abstract:
A tool for cleaving a substrate, comprising:a chamber for housing said substrate; a body portion coupled to said chamber, said body portion being configured to align with an edge portion of the substrate; a contacting edge disposed at a first end of said body portion, said contacting edge having a perimeter adapted for contacting said edge of said substrate to cause an initiation of a separation of a portion of the edge of the substrate; and a channel disposed in said body portion, having a first terminus coincident along said perimeter of said contacting edge and having a second terminus adapted for infusion of a fluid into said channel, wherein said fluid flows through said channel and effuses through said first terminus to contact said edge of said substrate to cause at least a propagation of said separation of said portion of the edge of the substrate.