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TOP STORY... January 5, 2009

Shin-Etsu Support Jig Handles Thin Wafers for Reflow Soldering
Shin-Etsu Polymer Co. Ltd. (Tokyo) has developed a support jig for handling thin (<50 μm) wafers that can endure 260°C in a solder reflow furnace during a wafer-level solder ball process. The thinned wafer is attached with a silicone rubber film and fixed with double resin rings. The ringed wafer is put on a thermoplastic substrate and conveyed into a reflow furnace as part of the process of making 3-D stacked chips.
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