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A stereolithographically fabricated marking for a semiconductor device component, such as a packaged or unpackaged semiconductor device or another substrate. When formed on a semiconductor device with a stereolithographically formed package structure, the marking may be integral with the package. The marking may be formed as apertures through or recesses in one or more stereolithographically fabricated layers of material, or the marking may include one or more stereolithographically fabricated layers that protrude from a surface of a semiconductor device component. Raised markings may also be formed on the surfaces of packaged or bare semiconductor device components. Alternatively, the marking may be fabricated separately from a semiconductor device component, then secured thereto. Methods for stereolithographically marking semiconductor device components are also disclosed. A machine vision system may be used in such methods so as to recognize the position and orientation of a semiconductor device or other substrate to be stereolithographically marked.
1. A method of labeling a semiconductor device component, comprising:
selectively consolidating unconsolidated material over a surface of at least one substrate to at least a semisolid state to form at least a portion of a mark over the surface.
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disposing at least one layer of the unconsolidated material over the surface of the at least one substrate.
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placing at least one substrate in a horizontal plane; and
selectively consolidating material to form at least one mark on the at least one substrate.
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disposing a layer comprising unconsolidated material on the at least one substrate; and
at least partially consolidating unconsolidated material in a plurality of selected regions of the layer in a sequential fashion.
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repeating the disposing and the at least partially consolidating at least once.
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recognizing a location and an orientation of the at least one substrate.
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This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 09/736,624, filed Dec. 14, 2000, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,585,927, issued Jul. 1, 2003, which is a divisional of application Ser. No. 09/481,779, filed Jan. 11, 2000, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,337,122, issued Jan. 8, 2002.
The present invention relates generally to methods of marking semiconductor devices and to semiconductor devices so marked. Particularly, the present invention pertains to the use of stereolithographic techniques to mark semiconductor devices and to stereolithographically marked semiconductor devices.
Since the first semiconductor devices became commercially available, manufacturers have found it necessary to mark each chip or chip assembly (bare die or packaged die) with the company name, a part or serial number, or other information such as lot number or die location. Conventional marking methods utilize a mechanical device to transfer ink contained in an ink pad to the surface of a roller or stamp. An individual chip is then stamped, and the automated process is repeated for subsequent chips.
Because of its mechanical nature and the drying time associated with ink, an ink stamping process is relatively slow. Moreover, if the mark is accidentally touched prior to complete drying, the mark will smudge. In chip manufacturing processes using such an ink stamping method, the ink marking operation may have to be included at a relatively early stage of production (if the die itself is to be marked) or just after post-encapsulation processing (if the package is to be marked) to allow for drying time without affecting the production rate. Such early marking may result, however, in marking defective chips that never make it completely through the manufacturing and testing process.
Moreover, when the marked chips are packaged, ink stamping presents an additional step in the fabrication and packaging of the chips.
Another problem associated with ink stamping methods is that the quality of ink stamped marks may substantially vary over time. This variation may be dependent upon the quantity of ink applied, ambient temperature and humidity, and/or the condition of the surface of the stamp. In any event, the consistency of a stamped mark may vary widely from chip to chip.
As a result of the deficiencies associated with ink stamping, it has become increasingly popular to use a laser beam to mark the surface of a chip. Unlike ink stamping, laser marking is very fast, requires no curing time, has a consistently high quality, and can take place at the end of the manufacturing process so that only good chips are marked.
Various machines and methods have been developed for marking a chip package with a laser. As illustrated in U.S. Pat. No. 5,357,077 to Tsuruta, U.S. Pat. No. 5,329,090 to Woelki et al., U.S. Pat. No. 4,945,204 to Nakamura et al., U.S. Pat. No. 4,638,144 to Latta, Jr., U.S. Pat. No. 4,585,931 to Duncan et al., and U.S. Pat. No. 4,375,025 to Carlson, a semiconductor device is placed in a position where a laser beam, usually produced by a carbon dioxide, Nd:YAG, or Nd:YLF laser, inscribes various characters or other information on a surface of the semiconductor device. Basically, the laser beam burns the surface of the chip package such that a different reflectivity from the rest of the chip package surface is formed. By holding the packaged chip at a proper angle to a light source, the information inscribed on the chip package surface by the laser can be read. Various materials are known in the art that are laser reactive (e.g., capable of changing color when contacted by a laser beam). As described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,861,620 to Azuma et al., U.S. Pat. No. 4,753,863 to Spanjer, and U.S. Pat. No. 4,707,722 to Folk et al., the part or component may be partially comprised of the laser markable material or have a coating of the material on the surface of the part or component to be marked.
Using a laser to mark a chip is a fast and economical means of marking. There are, however, certain disadvantages associated with state-of-the-art laser marking techniques that merely burn the surface to achieve the desired mark in comparison to ink stamping. For example, ink stamping provides a clearly visible image on the surface of a chip at nearly every angle of incidence to a light source. A mark burned in a surface by a laser, on the other hand, may only be visible at select angles of incidence to a light source. Further, oils or other contaminants deposited on the chip surface subsequent to marking may blur or even obscure the laser mark. Additionally, because the laser actually burns the surface of the work piece, for bare die marking, the associated burning may damage the internal circuitry of the chip directly or by increasing internal die temperature beyond acceptable limits. Moreover, where the manufactured part is not produced of a laser reactive material, laser reactive coatings applied to the surface of a component add expense and may take hours to cure. In addition, when the chip is packaged, as with ink stamping, laser marking requires an additional post-packaging step.
Thus, it would be advantageous to provide a marking technique that combines the speed and precision of laser marking with the contrast and distinctiveness of ink stamping, without any substantial curing or drying time. Moreover, it would be advantageous to develop a method and apparatus for marking the surface of a semiconductor chip that does not harm the circuitry enclosed therein. It would also be advantageous to provide a method for marking semiconductor chips as the chips are being packaged.
In the past decade, a manufacturing technique termed "stereolithography," also known as "layered manufacturing," has evolved to a degree where it is employed in many industries.
Essentially, stereolithography as conventionally practiced involves utilizing a computer to generate a three-dimensional (3-D) mathematical simulation or model of an object to be fabricated, such generation usually effected with 3-D computer-aided design (CAD) software. The model or simulation is mathematically separated or "sliced" into a large number of relatively thin, parallel, usually vertically superimposed layers, each layer having defined boundaries and other features associated with the model (and thus the actual object to be fabricated) at the level of that layer within the exterior boundaries of the object. A complete assembly or stack of all of the layers defines the entire object, and surface resolution of the object is, in part, dependent upon the thickness of the layers.
The mathematical simulation or model is then employed to generate an actual object by building the object, layer by superimposed layer. A wide variety of approaches to stereolithography by different companies has resulted in techniques for fabrication of objects from both metallic and non-metallic materials. Regardless of the material employed to fabricate an object, stereolithographic techniques usually involve disposition of a layer of unconsolidated or unfixed material corresponding to each layer within the object boundaries, followed by selective consolidation or fixation of the material to at least a partially consolidated, or semisolid, state in those areas of a given layer corresponding to portions of the object, the consolidated or fixed material also at that time being substantially concurrently bonded to a lower layer of the object to be fabricated. The unconsolidated material employed to build an object may be supplied in particulate or liquid form, and the material itself may be consolidated or fixed, or a separate binder material may be employed to bond material particles to one another and to those of a previously-formed layer. In some instances, thin sheets of material may be superimposed to build an object, each sheet being fixed to a next lower sheet and unwanted portions of each sheet removed, a stack of such sheets defining the completed object. When particulate materials are employed, resolution of object surfaces is highly dependent upon particle size, whereas when a liquid is employed, surface resolution is highly dependent upon the minimum surface area of the liquid which can be fixed and the minimum thickness of a layer that can be generated. Of course, in either case, resolution and accuracy of object reproduction from the CAD file is also dependent upon the ability of the apparatus used to fix the material to precisely track the mathematical instructions indicating solid areas and boundaries for each layer of material. Toward that end, and depending upon the layer being fixed, various fixation approaches have been employed, including particle bombardment (electron beams), disposing a binder or other fixative (such as by ink-jet printing techniques), or irradiation using heat or specific wavelength ranges.
An early application of stereolithography was to enable rapid fabrication of molds and prototypes of objects from CAD files. Thus, either male or female forms on which mold material might be disposed might be rapidly generated. Prototypes of objects might be built to verify the accuracy of the CAD file defining the object and to detect any design deficiencies and possible fabrication problems before a design was committed to large-scale production.
In more recent years, stereolithography has been employed to develop and refine object designs in relatively inexpensive materials, and has also been used to fabricate small quantities of objects where the cost of conventional fabrication techniques is prohibitive for same, such as in the case of plastic objects conventionally formed by injection molding. It is also known to employ stereolithography in the custom fabrication of products generally built in small quantities or where a product design is rendered only once. Finally, it has been appreciated in some industries that stereolithography provides a capability to fabricate products, such as those including closed interior chambers or convoluted passageways, which cannot be fabricated satisfactorily using conventional manufacturing techniques. It has also been recognized in some industries that a stereolithographic object or component may be formed or built around another, pre-existing object or component to create a larger product.
However, to the inventors' knowledge, stereolithography has yet to be applied to mass production of articles in volumes of thousands or millions, or employed to produce, augment or enhance products including other, pre-existing components in large quantities, where minute component sizes are involved, and where extremely high resolution and a high degree of reproducibility of results is required. In particular, the inventor is not aware of the use of stereolithography to mark bare or packaged semiconductor devices. Furthermore, conventional stereolithography apparatus and methods fail to address the difficulties of precisely locating and orienting a number of pre-existing components for stereolithographic application of material thereto without the use of mechanical alignment techniques or to otherwise assuring precise, repeatable placement of components.
According to one aspect, the present invention includes a method for marking semiconductor devices. In a preferred embodiment of the method, a computer-controlled, 3-D CAD-initiated process known as "stereolithography" or "layered manufacturing" is used to mark semiconductor devices. When stereolithographic processes are employed, each mark is formed as either a single layer or a series of superimposed, contiguous, mutually adhered layers of material.
The stereolithographic semiconductor device marking method of the present invention preferably includes the use of a machine vision system to locate the semiconductor devices or substrates that are to be marked, as well as the features or other components on or associated with the semiconductor devices or substrates (e.g., contact pads, conductive traces, etc.). The use of a machine vision system directs the alignment of a stereolithography system with each semiconductor device or substrate for material disposition purposes. Accordingly, the semiconductor devices or substrates need not be precisely mechanically aligned with any component of the stereolithography system to practice the stereolithographic embodiment of the method of the present invention.
In a preferred embodiment, the markings to be fabricated upon a semiconductor device component in accordance with the invention are fabricated using precisely focused electromagnetic radiation in the form of an ultraviolet (UV) wavelength laser under control of a computer and responsive to input from a machine vision system, such as a pattern recognition system, to fix or cure selected regions of a layer of a liquid photopolymer material disposed on the semiconductor device or substrate.
The present invention also includes stereolithographically formed semiconductor device markings, as well as semiconductor devices having stereolithographically formed markings thereon. The marking can be fabricated from a material that visibly contrasts with a surface at which the marking appears. The semiconductor devices can be packaged or comprise bare semiconductor dice.
In one embodiment, the semiconductor device includes a stereolithographically fabricated package. The mark, which is formed as the package is being fabricated, is recessed in a surface of the package. In a variation of the recessed mark embodiment of the present invention, a material that contrasts visually with the material of the stereolithographically fabricated package may be disposed in the recesses to enhance the visibility of the markings.
In another embodiment of the invention, which includes an at least partially packaged semiconductor device, the mark protrudes from, or is raised relative to, a surface of the packaging material in a manner similar to engraving. Such a mark can be fabricated following the packaging process and separately therefrom. Accordingly, the mark can be fabricated on the surface of a stereolithographically formed package or on a package that was previously formed by any other known technique. Alternatively, the mark can be formed integrally with a stereolithographically fabricated package.
In yet another embodiment, the marked semiconductor device is a bare semiconductor die or other bare substrate. The stereolithographically formed mark is fabricated directly on a surface of the bare substrate and protrudes therefrom, or is raised relative thereto.
Other features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent to those of skill in the art through consideration of the ensuing description, the accompanying drawings, and the appended claims.
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If package 12′ has a plurality of superimposed, contiguous, mutually adhered, stereolithographically formed layers 14′, marking 36 can be formed by the uppermost layer or layers 14′ of package 12′.
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Methods of labeling, or marking, semiconductor devices with marking structures incorporating teachings of the present invention, such as those illustrated in and described with reference to
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While the labeling processes are preferably performed substantially simultaneously on several semiconductor devices or other substrates, such as prior to singulating substrates 32 from wafer 72 or on a collection of individual semiconductor devices or other substrates, individual semiconductor devices or other substrates can also be marked in accordance with teachings of the present invention. As another alternative, the method of the present invention can be used to substantially simultaneously label a collection of different types of semiconductor devices or other substrates.
The markings of the present invention are preferably fabricated from a photo-curable polymer, or "photopolymer" by stereolithographic processes. For simplicity, the ensuing description is limited to an explanation of a method of labeling stereolithographically packaged semiconductor devices 10′ with raised markings 36. In the illustrated embodiment of the present invention, markings 36 are fabricated in situ with the stereolithographic fabrication of packages 12′ on a semiconductor device 10′ or another substrate. As should be appreciated by those of skill in the art, however, the method described herein is also useful for fabricating markings separately from a substrate, as well as for labeling packaged or bare regions of semiconductor devices or other substrates with other embodiments of the markings according to the present invention.
With continued reference to FIG. 9 and as noted above, a 3-D CAD drawing of an object (e.g., marking 36 of
The data is preferably formatted in an STL (for STereoLithography) file, STL being a standardized format employed by a majority of manufacturers of stereolithography equipment. Fortunately, the format has been adopted for use in many solid-modeling CAD programs, so translation from another internal geometric database format is often unnecessary. In an STL file, the boundary surfaces of an object are defined as a mesh of interconnected triangles.
Apparatus 80 also includes a reservoir 84 (which may comprise a removable reservoir interchangeable with others containing different materials) of an unconsolidated material 86 to be employed in fabricating the intended object. In the currently preferred embodiment, the unconsolidated material 86 is a liquid, photo-curable polymer, or "photopolymer," that cures in response to light in the UV wavelength range. The surface level 88 of material 86 is automatically maintained at an extremely precise, constant magnitude by devices known in the art responsive to output of sensors within apparatus 80 and preferably under control of computer 82. A support platform or elevator 90, precisely vertically movable in fine, repeatable increments responsive to control of computer 82, is located for movement downward into and upward out of material 86 in reservoir 84.
An object may be fabricated directly on platform 90 or on a substrate disposed on platform 90. When the object is to be fabricated on a substrate disposed on platform 90, the substrate may be positioned on platform 90 and secured thereto by way of one or more base supports 122 (FIG. 10). Such base supports 122 may be fabricated before or simultaneously with the stereolithographic fabrication of one or more objects on platform 90 or a substrate disposed thereon. These supports 122 prevent lateral movement of the substrate or object being formed relative to a surface 100 of platform 90. Supports 122 may also provide a perfectly horizontal reference plane for fabrication of one or more objects, as well as facilitate the removal of a substrate or formed object from platform 90 following the stereolithographic fabrication of one or more objects on the substrate. Moreover, where a so-called "recoater" blade 102 is employed to form a layer of material on platform 90 or a substrate disposed thereon, supports 122 can preclude inadvertent contact of recoater blade 102, to be described in greater detail below, with surface 100 of platform 90.
Apparatus 80 has a UV wavelength range laser plus associated optics and galvanometers (collectively identified as laser 92) for controlling the scan of laser beam 96 in the X-Y plane across platform 90. Laser 92 has associated therewith a mirror 94 to reflect beam 96 downwardly as beam 98 toward surface 100 of platform 90. Beam 98 is traversed in a selected pattern in the X-Y plane, that is to say, in a plane parallel to surface 100, by initiation of the galvanometers under control of computer 82 to at least partially cure, by impingement thereon, selected portions of material 86 disposed over surface 100 to at least a partially consolidated (e.g., semisolid) state. The use of mirror 94 lengthens the path of the laser beam, effectively doubling same, and provides a more vertical beam 98 than would be possible if the laser 92 itself were mounted directly above platform surface 100, thus enhancing resolution.
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When one or more base supports 122 are to be stereolithographically fabricated, supports 122 may be programmed as a separate STL file from the other objects to be fabricated. The primary STL file for the object or objects to be fabricated and the STL file for base support(s) 122 are merged.
Before fabrication of a first layer for a support 122 or an object is commenced, the operational parameters for apparatus 80 are set to adjust the size (diameter if circular) of the laser light beam used to cure material 86. In addition, computer 82 automatically checks and, if necessary, adjusts by means known in the art the surface level 88 of material 86 in reservoir 84 to maintain same at an appropriate focal length for laser beam 98. U.S. Pat. No. 5,174,931, referenced above and previously incorporated herein by reference, discloses one suitable level control system. Alternatively, the height of mirror 94 may be adjusted responsive to a detected surface level 88 to cause the focal point of laser beam 98 to be located precisely at the surface of material 86 at surface level 88 if level 88 is permitted to vary, although this approach is more complex. Platform 90 may then be submerged in material 86 in reservoir 84 to a depth equal to the thickness of one layer or slice of the object to be formed, and the material surface level 88 is readjusted as required to accommodate material 86 displaced by submergence of platform 90. Laser 92 is then activated so laser beam 98 will scan unconsolidated (e.g., liquid or powdered) material 86 disposed over surface 100 of platform 90 to at least partially consolidate (e.g., polymerize to at least a semisolid state) material 86 at selected locations, defining the boundaries of a first layer 122A of base support 122 and filling in solid portions thereof. Platform 90 is then lowered by a distance equal to the thickness of second layer 122B, and laser beam 98 scanned over selected regions of the surface of material 86 to define and fill in the second layer while simultaneously bonding the second layer to the first. The process may then be repeated, as often as necessary, layer by layer, until base support 122 is completed. Platform 90 is then moved relative to mirror 94 to form any additional base supports 122 on platform 90 or a substrate disposed thereon or to fabricate objects upon platform 90, base support 122, or a substrate, as provided in the control software. The number of layers required to erect support 122 or one or more other objects to be formed depends upon the height of the object or objects to be formed and the desired layer thickness 108, 110. The layers of a stereolithographically fabricated structure with a plurality of layers may have different thicknesses.
If a recoater blade 102 is employed, the process sequence is somewhat different. In this instance, surface 100 of platform 90 is lowered into unconsolidated (e.g., liquid) material 86 below surface level 88 a distance greater than a thickness of a single layer of material 86 to be cured, then raised above surface level 88 until platform 90, a substrate disposed thereon, or a structure being formed on either platform 90 or a substrate thereon is precisely one layer's thickness below blade 102. Blade 102 then sweeps horizontally over platform 90 or (to save time) at least over a portion thereof on which one or more objects are to be fabricated to remove excess material 86 and leave a film of precisely the desired thickness. Platform 90 is then lowered so that the surface of the film and material surface level 88 are coplanar and the surface of the unconsolidated material 86 is still. Laser 92 is then initiated to scan with laser beam 98 and define the first layer 130 (e.g., layer 130A). The process is repeated, layer by layer, to define each succeeding layer 130 (e.g., layer 130B) and simultaneously bond same to the next lower layer 130 (e.g., layer 130A) until all of the layers of the object or objects to be fabricated are completed. A more detailed discussion of this sequence and apparatus for performing same is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,174,931, previously incorporated herein by reference.
As an alternative to the above approach to preparing a layer of material 86 for scanning with laser beam 98, a layer of unconsolidated (e.g., liquid) material 86 may be formed on surface 100 of support platform 90, on a substrate disposed on platform 90, or on one or more objects being fabricated by lowering platform 90 to flood material 86 over surface 100, over a substrate disposed thereon, or over the highest completed layer of the object or objects being formed, then raising platform 90 and horizontally traversing a so-called "meniscus" blade horizontally over platform 90 to form a layer of unconsolidated material having the desired thickness over platform 90, the substrate, or each of the objects being formed. Laser 92 is then initiated and a laser beam 98 scanned over the layer of unconsolidated material to define at least the boundaries of the solid regions of the next higher layer of the object or objects being fabricated.
Yet another alternative to layer preparation of unconsolidated (e.g., liquid) material 86 is to merely lower platform 90 to a depth equal to that of a layer of material 86 to be scanned, and to then traverse a combination flood bar and meniscus bar assembly horizontally over platform 90, a substrate disposed on platform 90, or one or more objects being formed to substantially concurrently flood material 86 thereover and to define a precise layer thickness of material 86 for scanning.
All of the foregoing approaches to liquid material flooding and layer definition and apparatus for initiation thereof are known in the art and are not material to practice of the present invention, so no further details relating thereto will be provided herein.
In practicing the present invention, a commercially available stereolithography apparatus operating generally in the manner as that described above with respect to apparatus 80 of
By way of example and not limitation, the layer thickness of material 86 to be formed, for purposes of the invention, may be on the order of about 0.0001 to 0.0300 inch, with a high degree of uniformity. It should be noted that different material layers may have different heights, so as to form a structure of a precise, intended total height or to provide different material thicknesses for different portions of the structure. The size of the laser beam "spot" impinging on the surface of material 86 to consolidate (e.g., cure) same may be on the order of 0.001 inch to 0.008 inch. Resolution is preferably �0.0003 inch in the X-Y plane (parallel to surface 100) over at least a 0.5 inch�0.25 inch field from a center point, permitting a high resolution scan effectively across a 1.0 inch�0.5 inch area. Of course, it is desirable to have substantially this high a resolution across the entirety of surface 100 of platform 90 to be scanned by laser beam 98, such area being termed the "field of exposure," such area being substantially coextensive with the vision field of a machine vision system employed in the apparatus of the invention as explained in more detail below. The longer and more effectively vertical the path of laser beam 96/98, the greater the achievable resolution.
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It is noted that a variety of machine vision systems are in existence, examples of which and their various structures and uses are described, without limitation, in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,526,646; 4,543,659; 4,736,437; 4,899,921; 5,059,559; 5,113,565; 5,145,099; 5,238,174; 5,463,227; 5,288,698; 5,471,310; 5,506,684; 5,516,023; 5,516,026; and 5,644,245. The disclosure of each of the immediately foregoing patents is hereby incorporated by this reference.
In order to facilitate fabrication of one or more markings 36, as well as a package 12′, in accordance with the method of the present invention with apparatus 80, a data file representative of the size, configuration, thickness and surface topography of, for example, a particular type and design of semiconductor device 10′ or other substrate upon which one or more markings 36 and package 12′ are to be fabricated is placed in the memory of computer 82. Also, as markings 36 may protrude somewhat from semiconductor device 10′, a data file representative of structures (e.g., wire bonds or solder bumps) or of a substrate to which semiconductor device 10′ is to be connected (e.g., in a face-down orientation) and the features (e.g., solder bumps) thereof may be placed in memory.
One or more semiconductor devices 10′, wafers 72 (see FIG. 9), or other substrates may be placed on surface 100 of platform 90 to be packaged and labeled with markings 36. If one or more semiconductor devices 10′, wafers 72, or other substrates are to be held on or supported above platform 90 by stereolithographically formed base supports 122, one or more layers of material 86 are sequentially disposed on surface 100 and selectively altered by use of laser 92 to form base supports 122.
Camera 140 is then activated to locate the position and orientation of each semiconductor device 10′, including those on a wafer 72 (see FIG. 9), or other substrate upon which markings 36 are to be fabricated. The features of each semiconductor device 10′, wafer 72, or other substrate are compared with those in the data file residing in memory, the locational and orientational data for each semiconductor device 10′, wafer 72, or other substrate are then also stored in memory. It should be noted that the data file representing the design, size, shape and topography for each semiconductor device 10′ or other substrate may be used at this juncture to detect physically defective or damaged semiconductor devices 10′ or other substrates prior to fabricating a package 12′ or markings 36 thereon or before conducting further processing or assembly of semiconductor device 10′ or other substrates. Accordingly, such damaged or defective semiconductor devices 10′ or other substrates can be deleted from the stereolithographic labeling process, from further processing, from further testing, or from assembly with other components. It should also be noted that data files for more than one type (size, thickness, configuration, surface topography) of each semiconductor device 10′ or other substrate may be placed in computer memory and computer 82 programmed to recognize not only the locations and orientations of each semiconductor device 10′ or other substrate, but also the type of semiconductor device 10′ or other substrate at each location upon platform 90 so that material 86 may be at least partially consolidated by laser beam 98 in the correct pattern and to the height required to define markings 36 in the appropriate, desired locations on each semiconductor device 10′ or other substrate.
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Markings 36 are formed following or substantially simultaneously with the fabrication of package 12′, such as by the process disclosed in the '142 Application, the disclosure of which was previously incorporated herein by reference.
Laser 92 is then activated and scanned to direct beam 98, under control of computer 82, toward specific locations of surface level 88 relative to each semiconductor device 10′ or other substrate to effect the aforementioned partial cure of material 86 to form a first layer 130A of each marking 36. Platform 90 is then lowered into reservoir 84 and raised a distance equal to the desired thickness of another layer 130B of each marking 36 to provide another material layer 14 b over wafer 72 or one or more semiconductor devices 10′, and laser 92 is activated to form another layer 130B of each marking 36 under construction from material layer 14 b. This sequence continues, layer by layer, until each of the layers 130 of markings 36 have been completed.
Each layer 130A, 130B of marking 36 may be built by first defining any internal and external object boundaries of that layer with laser beam 98, then hatching solid areas of marking 36 located within the object boundaries with laser beam 98. An internal boundary of a layer may comprise aperture 48, a through-hole, a void, or a recess in marking 36, for example. If a particular layer includes a boundary of a void in the object above or below that layer, then laser beam 98 is scanned in a series of closely-spaced, parallel vectors so as to develop a continuous surface, or skin, with improved strength and resolution. The time it takes to form each layer depends upon the geometry thereof, the surface tension and viscosity of material 86, and the thickness of that layer.
Alternatively, markings 36 may each be formed as a partially cured outer skin extending above the surface of a semiconductor device 10′ or other substrate and forming a dam within which unconsolidated material 86 can be contained. This may be particularly useful where the markings 36 protrude a relatively high distance 54 from the surface of the substrate. In this instance, support platform 90 may be submerged so that material 86 enters the area within the dam, raised above surface level 88, and then laser beam 98 activated and scanned to at least partially cure material 86 residing within the dam or, alternatively, to merely cure a "skin" comprising the surface of markings 36, a final cure of the material of the markings 36 being effected subsequently by broad-source UV radiation in a chamber, or by thermal cure in an oven. In this manner, markings 36 of extremely precise dimensions and, thus, of extremely high clarity may be formed of material 86 by apparatus 80 in minimal time.
Once markings 36, or at least the outer skins thereof, have been fabricated, platform 90 is elevated above surface level 88 of material 86 and platform 90 is removed from apparatus 80, along with any substrate (e.g., semiconductor device 10′, wafer 72 (see FIG. 8), or other substrate) disposed thereon and any stereolithographically fabricated structures, such as markings 36 and package 12′. Excess unconsolidated material 86 (e.g., excess uncured liquid) may be manually removed from platform 90, from any substrate disposed thereon, and from markings 36 and package 12′. Each semiconductor device 10′, wafer 72, or other substrate is removed from platform 90, such as by cutting the substrate free of base supports 122. Alternatively, base supports 122 may be configured to readily release semiconductor devices 10′, wafers 72, or other substrates. As another alternative, a solvent may be employed to release base supports 122 from platform 90. Such release and solvent materials are known in the art. See, for example, U.S. Pat. No. 5,447,822 referenced above and previously incorporated herein by reference.
Markings 36, package 12′, and semiconductor device 10′ or test substrate 32 may also be cleaned by use of known solvents that will not substantially degrade, deform, or damage markings 36, package 12′, or a substrate to which package 12′ or markings 36 are secured.
As noted previously, markings 36 and package 12′ may then require postcuring. Markings 36 or package 12′ may have regions of unconsolidated material contained within a boundary or skin thereof or in a shadowed area (see FIGS. 5 and 6), or material 86 may be only partially consolidated (e.g., polymerized or cured) and exhibit only a portion (typically 40% to 60%) of its fully consolidated strength. Postcuring to completely harden markings 36 and package 12′ may be effected in another apparatus projecting UV radiation in a continuous manner over markings 36 and package 12′, or by thermal completion of the initial, UV-initiated partial cure.
The use of a stereolithographic process as exemplified above to fabricate markings 36 is particularly advantageous since a large number of markings 36 may be fabricated in a short time, the dimensions and positions thereof are computer controlled to be extremely precise, wastage of construction material 86 is minimal, and the stereolithography method requires minimal handling of semiconductor devices 10′, wafers 72, or other substrates.
Stereolithography is also an advantageous method of fabricating markings 36 according to the present invention since stereolithography can be conducted at substantially ambient temperature, the small spot size and rapid traverse of laser beam 98 resulting in negligible thermal stress upon semiconductor devices 10′, wafers 72, or other substrates, as well as on the features thereof.
The stereolithography fabrication process may also advantageously be conducted at the wafer level or on multiple substrates, saving fabrication time and expense. As the stereolithography method of the present invention recognizes specific semiconductor devices 10′ or other substrates, variations between individual substrates are accommodated. Accordingly, when the stereolithography method of the present invention is employed, markings 36 can be simultaneously fabricated on different types of semiconductor devices 10′ or other substrates, as well as on both semiconductor devices 10′ and other substrates.
While the present invention has been disclosed in terns of certain preferred embodiments, those of ordinary skill in the art will recognize and appreciate that the invention is not so limited. Additions, deletions and modifications to the disclosed embodiments may be effected without departing from the scope of the invention as claimed herein. Similarly, features from one embodiment may be combined with those of another while remaining within the scope of the invention.
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I played that soldier you played king And struck me down when I kissed that ring
You lost that right to hold that crown I built you up but you let me down
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Owner Elliot Bey and his partner have spared no expense on this ultra-fly spot. We count six plasma screens on our journey to the back. "I have to work harder than everybody else around here," Bey says. "This is the only black-owned bar in the neighborhood." But it seems like all play when we finally make it to the 25-foot cherry-rose bar. Bey mingles with his champagne-guzzling patrons and moves frequently between the bar and the backyardspending just enough time inside to smooch and hug his favorites girls, then back outside to kick it with the boys.
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Monday April 22, 2013 MYT 12:00:00 AM
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As if headlines featuring Britney, Lindsay and Miley aren't nettling enough, now there's a new talent show targeting younger children.
THERE'S something about watching a pint-sized 10-year-old cutie singing about love, and all things adult. It's disquieting.
Worrying still are parents who encourage them to do so, despite the oft-told cautionary tales that are Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan and Miley Cyrus. And don't even get me started on Justin Bieber and that recent inappropriate entry in the guestbook of the Anne Frank Museum in Amsterdam.
OK, fine. When I was eight I, too, desperately wanted to be Agnetha Fältskog of ABBA. I even fashioned "waist-length blond hair" by throwing on a large, yellow bath towel on my head and securing it there with hairpins for private "performances" before my audience of teddy bears and kari masak sets.
However, despite my active participation in stage activities throughout my school years, my dad warned me that if I were to pursue this option, he'd disown me.
While this may sound cruel and extreme today, in hindsight I understand that he meant well. After all, there is a time and place for everything. And there is a time for a child to simply be a child.
This is not to say that children gifted in areas other than academia shouldn't be encouraged and nurtured from young. It's just the nature of the means that is sometimes questionable. For instance, prematurely thrusting them under the spotlight of an "awwwing" audience in a televised talent show.
German terrestrial television recently unveiled its latest ratings grabber, called The Voice Kids, the dinky version of The Voice of Germany.
Targeting contestants aged eight to 14, it is currently at the "blind audition" stage where the judges' chairs are turned towards the audience during performances, enabling them to judge contestants solely on their voices. The winner stands to walk off with an education stipend worth up to '15,000 (RM60,000) and the option of recording an album – the latter only with the parents' express approval.
Having limited my "dumbed-down TV" quota to just Germany's Next Topmodel – I swear it's for the clothes! – I recently watched agog as an eight-year-old in a pink, floral dress and matching trainers belted Alicia Keys' Girl On Fire, bringing the oldest of the three judges to tears and down to his knees in adoration.
Doubtless, she is gifted. Yet how far will she go? Will she be able to handle the competition rounds and possible elimination? And what happens after the elation of a possible win? A singing career? At nine? Really?
Speaking on behalf of the media initiative "Schau hin!" (roughly translated: look out), which promotes parental supervision of children's use of mass media, local media expert Bernd Schorb warned that such "casting shows" can set children up for potential emotional trauma in the event of failure, all whilst in the public eye.
Coincidentally, my April edition of the Glamour magazine carries a story about former child star, Miley Cyrus' "troubles". Psychologist Caroline Bell explained that when a child starts earning vast sums of money or becomes a family's main breadwinner, "the dynamics at home can be wrong and they may not learn the values that children usually learn".
Hence the fodder they provide gossip rags with their downward spirals in what is essentially an adult world.
Naturally, the show has its own take. The grating Lena Meyer-Landrut, another judge and herself a former winner of a casting show who went on to represent Germany at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2010, argues that the show is firstly a platform for youngsters to exhibit their talent onstage and have fun. Winning is merely secondary.
Yes. That should explain why some of them even have their vocal coaches as part of their anxious entourage backstage.
It's also disturbing how some eloquently share on camera their "dreams and aspirations for the future" and how they've "worked hard towards getting to this stage" and how they "cannot imagine life after elimination".
Sadly, no one sees it fit to tell them that childhood also only happens once in a lifetime. Those of us who lived it and grudgingly left it, also have glorious tales to tell.
It may not have involved cameras, screaming fans or sparkly clothes, but it was also was devoid of issues that needn't have concerned us then like inordinate incomes, pushy parents cum managers and the discordant expectations everybody has of a child performing as an adult but who is judged based on his juvenescence.
Sure there are those who did make it big. Michael Jackson is a notable example. Yet look at the cost.
I never got to be Agnetha Fältskog after all. But I'm also thankful that I was given the time to dream, to play-act and finally to realise my abilities on my terms. All with my sanity and hair intact.
■ Brenda Benedict is a Malaysian living in Frankfurt. Her other ambition at eight was to get through the 10-steps of five stones at one go.
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Tomatoes Provencal
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Lawsuit settled for bus incident
Complaint cites race in abuse of students
Few details were available Tuesday about the settlement of a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union over a DeSoto County school bus incident a year ago.
The brief minutes of a 41/2 -hour settlement conference before U.S. Magistrate Jerry A. Davis in Aberdeen last Thursday merely say: "Case resolved. Order of dismissal to follow."
And those involved had little more to add Tuesday.
"All I can say is it has been resolved," American Civil Liberties Union attorney Kristy Bennett said.
Parents of students involved in the incident could not be reached.
There was no indication whether a financial settlement was reached, but the settlement comes a few weeks after a trial date of Aug. 9, 2010, was announced for the suit.
The case stems from allegations that two Southaven police officers unnecessarily manhandled and verbally abused six black DeSoto County alternative school students last August.
The suit, alleging that the officers singled out six minority students after an argument on a county school bus, named Sgt. Tomas Aguilar and officer Lee Holiday, the city of Southaven, the DeSoto County school district and school bus drivers Belinda Heyman and Mary Robbins.
The students and their families say that on Aug. 12, 2008, 30 students from DeSoto County Alternative Center school were on the bus headed home when an argument between a white female student and a black female student started.
The bus driver and a bus monitor pulled the bus over and called police, according to the suit. The suit said the two officers arrested six black and multiracial students -- three females and three males -- many of whom were not involved in the argument between the two girls.
Aguilar choked a 15-year-old girl and threatened to use a Taser gun on a 17-year-old boy, the suit claimed.
The suit alleges that white students on the bus who were smiling or laughing were not singled out and arrested.
The ACLU has a copy of the school bus surveillance video showing the entire incident. The full tape is nine hours long and hasn't been released to the public, although excerpts were viewed by a DeSoto Appeal reporter and they appear to confirm the allegations.
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Paramount rapped for airing horror ad in Angry Birds and Draw Something apps
By Matthew Chapman, marketingmagazine.co.uk, Wednesday, 06 February 2013 09:46AM
Paramount has been reprimanded by the ad watchdog after a trailer for horror movie 'Paranormal Activity 4' aired in the Angry Birds and Draw Something mobile games.
Scenes showing a person being dragged across a room by an invisible force and a young woman talking to a friend online as a shadowy figure appeared behind her were displayed in the apps, which are both popular among children.
The Advertising Standards Authority received complaints that the ads for the movie, which has a 15 rating, were likely to cause fear or distress to children.
Paramount's ad was removed from Draw Something by its owner Zynga after they received feedback from their users that the ad may have been inappropriate for younger players and alerted media agency MEC Global.
Rovio Entertainment, the owners Angry Birds, also investigated the airing of the ad during its game after being emailed by gamers about the ad and withdrew it once it had identified the company that had served the ad, Millenial Media.
Rovio claimed Millenial Media apologised to them for serving the ad, citing human error and said they would implement additional safeguards to stop the incident happening again.
Paramount Pictures UK defended itself by claiming it had instructed media buying agency MEC to buy advertising space aimed at 15- to 24-year olds.
Once instructed, MEC purchased ad space targeting the age demographic from sales house Odyssey Mobile, which put together a package containing several apps including Angry Birds and Draw Something.
Paramount claims nether Odyssey Mobile or the owners of the apps raised concerns with them or MEC about the ad being inappropriate for the audience.
The ASA has told Paramount to ensure all agencies instructed to buy ad space for their ads took account of the context of where the ad would appear to avoid distressing children.
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SP2 and sequential Hotfix 209149. Now Jobs fail with E000031. AV-79-57344-794 - Error: Unable to query the Team database meta-data
More and more I hate this 2012 version. Not onyl it's slow, but for the time being we have situation when verify process takes more time then actual backup (mainly Exchange related files).
So I decided to run update with hope this will solve my problem. How silly I was. Now jobs fail with the following:
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Any suggestions what is the best action to take here ? Thanks in advance.
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This is a very generic error. Would you pls enable debugging per the following KB and post/pm the output logs (Especially the spswrapper.log)
Secondly, is AOFO enabled for this backup ?
Were the updates applied only to the media server or to all servers comprising the Sharepoint Farm as well ?
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Failed to resolve the site ID for 'SharePoint - 80'.
Failed to resolve the site ID for 'SBS SharePoint'.
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The state legislature's Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee recently announced that $15 million would be set aside for the Avery Point Campus as part of the $1.5 billion authorized for the University of Connecticut under Next Generation Connecticut. I would like to thank the efforts of the southeastern Connecticut legislative delegation as well as local community leaders for their efforts and advocacy on behalf of Avery Point. I would also like to thank The Day for highlighting the need to make capital improvements to the Avery Point campus.
Last week's announcement can seemly bring two possible responses. It can bring a "glass half full" response that looks forward to an ambitious effort to modernize Avery Point's academic facilities, which will directly impact the students of southeastern Connecticut; or a "glass half empty" response, which longs for a larger investment in Avery Point, which would allow for construction of new buildings rather than renovation of old buildings. While part of me would be the first to join those who see the glass as half empty, I would like to highlight many of the reasons why I see the glass as half full. That enthusiasm centers on where Avery Point is today, the impact this $15 million will have on Avery Point in the relative short term, and the direction I see for Avery Point in the long term.
First, Avery Point has undergone a tremendous transformation over the past decade. More than $60 million in new construction and renovations have occurred on campus, including a new Marine Sciences Building, new Project Oceanology Building, new Central Utility Plant, a new Seawater Research facility, two new coastal research vessels, extensive renovations to our library and Branford House mansion, and our new $9 million Student Center scheduled to be completed this summer.
In addition to these infrastructure improvements, Avery Point has been transformed from a UConn "Branch Campus" offering only two years of undergraduate programming to a UConn Regional Campus offering five four-year undergraduate programs (American Studies, English, General Studies, Maritime Studies, and Marine Sciences) and graduate programming in marine sciences, engineering, nursing, and teacher certification. As part of this transition, we have added faculty in marine sciences, maritime archeology, environmental economics, geography, history, English, and mathematics. This year alone, we increased Avery Point's full-time faculty by 10 percent. In summary, Avery Point today is not the same campus many in southeastern Connecticut remember.
Yet there is still much that still needs addressing.
The U.S. Coast Guard built what are now our two academic buildings just prior to World War II. They lack modern climate control and appropriate handicap access. Their exterior walls have large cracks due to settling over the years and their roofs are failing. While Avery Point could use a modern, newly constructed academic building to replace these aging buildings, fiscal constraints within the State of Connecticut and within UConn do not allow for such a large capital project at Avery Point at this time.
The $15 million approved by the Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee will allow us to modernize these buildings, extending their serviceable life. In addition to addressing concerns with the buildings' exteriors and handicap access, we will be able to modernize many of the classrooms and labs.
These improvements will allow us to continue to serve the academic needs of the students until that time when fiscal conditions improve, allowing for construction of a new academic facility at Avery Point.
In addition, with the new investment we will be able to renovate our waterfront facilities, transforming what was constructed with the Branford House mansion in 1904 into a modern waterfront operations center that fully supports our research mission, educational activities, and public outreach efforts. These improvements will build on the efforts over the past decade, dramatically improving the learning environment and research infrastructure, and are the most fiscally prudent for Avery Point in the short term.
Our vision for Avery Point is as a National Center for Coastal Solutions, a marine and maritime campus generating innovative solutions for sustainable environments and economies. Avery Point will be a campus that provides state-of-the-art experiential learning with a strong foundation in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), complemented by knowledge and skills from across relevant humanities and social science disciplines. We will educate and train excellent scientists, researchers, and policy makers who can work together on science-based management of coastal ocean and maritime environments. The goal is to integrate the STEM disciplines, social sciences, and humanities through interdisciplinary examinations of coastal marine and maritime environments, issues, and challenges; and collaborate with national and international marine and maritime research and educational institutions on these issues and challenges. We are in the process of developing plans for our facilities, infrastructure, and new faculty hires that will move this vision towards reality. In fiscally challenging times, I have found it is important to have a long-term plan and the patience to address that plan systematically and sequentially over time.
With continued support from southeastern Connecticut's legislative delegation, local community leaders, and UConn's senior leadership, I am confident that once the fiscal climate improves, Avery Point will someday be a residential campus with modern academic facilities. In addition, Avery Point's faculty and students will play an important role in developing innovative solutions to the coastal issues facing Connecticut.
When I look at Avery Point today, the impact $15 million will have on Avery Point in the near term, and this long term vision for Avery Point for the future, my glass is more than half full - it is overflowing.
Micahel Alfultis is director of the Avery Point campus.
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Good for hamsters, gerbils,and mice. I bought this for my dwarf hamster. It is the cuteset thing. It's like your pets own little Suv. It comes in 4 different colors and only costs about $6.00. My hamster loves it!
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Occluding surfaces built on temporary or permanent denture bases for the purpose of making maxillomandibular relation records and for arranging teeth.
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