Die separation and rupture strength for deep reactive ion etched silicon wafers
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The work herein analyzes the bending stress required to separate and rupture die from notched silicon wafers. Trenches are formed on the wafers using either a dicing or Bosch deep reactive ion etching (DRIE) process. Weibull distribution parameters are reported for all variations of the fracture experiments. Additionally, the relative defect rate associated with DRIE-based die separation are compared with traditional saw methods for a variety of notch depths. Results indicate that the DRIE-based separation technique offers improved rupture strength over the traditional methods, but can also greatly reduce die strength if performed improperly. Dies completely separated by the DRIE process showed a mean failure stress of 1.16 GPa with a Weibull standard deviation of 682 MPa compared to 452 and 65 MPa mean and standard deviation stress for die completely separated by a traditional dicing saw. (Some figures may appear in colour only in the online journal)
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