Patent ID: 7498236
Filing Date: 2009-03-03
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. A method of fabricating a semiconductor wafer, comprising the steps of: providing a silicon wafer having a front side and a back side; building an integrated circuit on the front side of the wafer; thereafter removing substrate from the back side of the silicon wafer; wherein the building step includes the steps of: forming a desired structure in the wafer; forming an end structure in the wafer, said end structure extending to a greater depth, toward the back side of the wafer, than the desired structure; and the removing step includes the step of removing said substrate only to the end structure and using said end structure to stop the removing step, whereby no part of the desired structure is removed during the removing step; wherein the removing step includes the further steps of: grinding away said substrate by using a grinding wheel; and stopping said grinding when the grinding wheel reaches said end structure, wherein the end structure is formed of a material that, when in contact with the grinding wheel, stops the grinding wheel.