Patent ID: 7210987

Claim:
A method comprising: attaching an adhesive to a back side of a semiconductor wafer; scribing lines along streets on a front side of the semiconductor wafer; cutting and severing the semiconductor wafer along the streets into a plurality of portions, the cutting and severing being performed in a manner that allows the portions to remain proximally disposed with each other within an area having a shape and size substantially that of the semiconductor wafer prior to the cutting and severing; applying a tape from the front side of the semiconductor wafer to tape the portions together to form a taped-together semiconductor wafer; cutting the tape and the adhesive attached to the back side of the taped-together semiconductor wafer to substantially define a perimeter of the taped-together semiconductor wafer; removing the adhesive from the back side of the taped-together semiconductor wafer; and grinding the back side of the taped-together semiconductor wafer.