Wafer-Sawing시 발생하는 particle을 효과적으로 제거하기 위한 DI water 노즐의 최적 설계

DI water Nozzle Design for Effective Removal of the Particles Generated during Wafer-sawing

CCD(Charge-Coupled Device) wafer와 같이 표면이 polymer 성분의 micro lens로 구성되어있는 경우 passivation 막을 도포하지 않는 것이 보통인데, 이때 particle이 lens 표면에 쉽게 달라붙는 현상이 나타나게 된다. 특히 sawing 하면서 발생하는 particle은 치명적인 불량을 유발한다. 본 연구에서는 sawing에서 발생한 particle을 효과적으로 flushing하기위한 방안으로 측면노즐과 중심노즐의 분사위치, 분사각도, 퍼짐각도를 최적화 하고, 아울러 flushing 노즐을 추가한 새로운 형태의 wafer saw를 도입하였다. 개선된 saw를 적용하여 실험한 결과 particle로 인한 CCD chip의 불량률이 9.l%로부터 0.63%로 현격하게 개선되었음을 확인할 수 있었다.

CCD(Charge-Coupled Device) wafers, with a layer of micro lenses on top, usually are not passivated with dielectric films. Micro lenses, in general, are made of polymer material, which usually has a large affinity for particles generated in the various chip fabrication processes, most notably the wafer sawing for chip-dicing. The particles deposited on the micro lens layer either seriously attenuate or deflect the incoming light and often lead to CCD failure. In this study we introduce new type of saws which would significantly reduce the particle-related problems found in conventional type of saws. In the new saws, the positions and diverging angles of side and center nozzles have been optimized so as to flush the particles effectively. In addition, an independent nozzle is added for the sole purpose of flushing the generated particles. The test results show that, with the new saws. the ratio of the particle-related CCD chip failures has been dropped drastically from 9.1% to 0.63%.