Patent ID: 8129277
Filing Date: 2012-03-06
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. A method of machining a wafer having a substantially circular device formation region provided with a plurality of devices on a face-side surface thereof, and an outer peripheral marginal region surrounding said device formation region, said device formation region being provided with a plurality of metallic electrodes buried from face-side surfaces of devices to a depth of not less than the device thickness, said method comprising: a protective tape adhering step of adhering a protective tape to the face side of said wafer; a back side recessed part forming step of thinning by grinding only a region, corresponding to said device formation region, of a back-side surface of said wafer so as to form a substantially circular recessed part on said back side and to form an annular projected part projected to the back side in said outer peripheral marginal region; an etching step of etching said recessed part so as to remove mechanical damages given to said recessed part by said grinding and to cause said metallic electrodes thus exposed to project from a bottom surface of said recessed part, thereby forming back-side electrode parts; an insulating film forming step of coating said recessed part with a resin so as to form an insulating film; and a back side recessed part cutting step of flattening, by cutting with a cutting tool, said insulating film and said back-side electrode parts projecting from said bottom surface of said recessed part, so that said back-side electrode parts and said insulating film are flush; wherein said cutting conducted in said back side recessed part cutting step is carried out through a process in which, while rotating said wafer with the center of said recessed part as a rotational axis, a cutting tool having a rotational axis parallel to said rotational axis of said wafer and having a rotational locus substantially equal to the radius of said recessed part is so positioned that said rotational locus coincides with said center of said recessed part, and, while rotating said wafer and said cutting tool, said cutting tool is pressed against said insulating film and said back-side electrode parts so as to achieve said cutting.