Wafer processing method

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PATENT NO 9899262
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15232404

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A wafer formed from an SiC substrate having a first surface and a second surface is divided into individual device chips. A division start point formed by a laser has a depth corresponding to the finished thickness of each device chip along each division line formed on the first surface. The focal point of the laser beam is set inside the SiC substrate at a predetermined depth from the second surface, and the laser beam is applied to the second surface while relatively moving the focal point and the SiC substrate to thereby form a modified layer parallel to the first surface and cracks extending from the modified layer along a c-plane, thus forming a separation start point. An external force is applied to the wafer, thereby separating the wafer into a first wafer having the first surface and a second wafer having the second surface.

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DISCO CORPORATION13-11 OMORI-KITA 2-CHOME OTA-KU TOKYO 143-8580

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Hirata, Kazuya Tokyo, JP 117 848
Nishino, Yoko Tokyo, JP 24 460

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