Patent ID: 8871609

Claim:
A thin wafer handling structure, comprising: a semiconductor wafer; a carrier; a release layer coated or laminated on the carrier, said release layer being releasable upon application of energy thereto, wherein the release layer has an outer edge spaced radially inward from an outer edge of the carrier and exposes a peripheral portion of the carrier; and an adhesive layer coated or laminated on the semiconductor wafer, said adhesive layer being removable by a solvent; wherein the semiconductor wafer and the carrier are bonded together with the release layer and the adhesive layer in between the semiconductor wafer and the carrier, and wherein an adhesive material of the adhesive layer has a first surface in direct contact with the semiconductor wafer and a second surface in direct contact with the release layer, the adhesive material directly contacts the exposed peripheral portion of the carrier, and the adhesive material extends continuously from the first surface to the second surface.