Patent ID: 7927916
Filing Date: 2011-04-19
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. A method of dicing an imager wafer assembly, comprising: positioning an imager wafer of an imager wafer assembly for engagement by a cutting element; aligning at least one street of the imager wafer assembly with the cutting element; and cutting the imager wafer with the cutting element along the at least one street and to a depth extending through a portion of the imager wafer and into at least one relief formed in a side of an optic wafer of the imager wafer assembly facing the imager wafer, wherein the method further comprising, after cutting the image wafer along the at least one street, positioning the optic wafer of the image wafer assembly adjacent a cutting element and cutting the optic wafer with the cutting element along the at least one street and to a depth extending into the at least one relief formed in the side of the optic wafer facing the image wafer.