Patent ID: 6506681
Filing Date: 2003-01-14
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
A method for thinning a semiconductor wafer, comprising:providing a semiconductor wafer having an active surface and an inactive surface, said active surface including a plurality of circuitry elements forming a plurality of semiconductor dice, at least one semiconductor die of said plurality of semiconductor dice having a plurality of spaced apart bond pads located on the active surface thereof; forming electrically conductive bumps on at least some of said plurality of spaced apart bond pads on said active surface of the at least one semiconductor die of the plurality of semiconductor dice on said active surface of said semiconductor wafer; applying a structurally supportive compound to at least a portion of said active surface of said semiconductor wafer, said structurally supportive compound being disposed between at least some of said electrically conductive bumps; and subjecting said inactive surface of said semiconductor wafer to a thinning process.