Texas Instruments Incorporated
Floated singulation

Abstract:

A microelectronic device has a substrate attached to a substrate pad on a first face of the substrate, and a component attached to the substrate on the first face. The substrate has a component placement guide on the first face. The substrate has a singulation guide on a second face of the substrate, located opposite from the first face. The microelectronic device is formed by attaching the component to a substrate sheet which contains the substrate. The substrate sheet with the component is mounted on a singulation film so that the component contacts the singulation film. The singulation guide on the second face of the substrate is located opposite from the singulation film. The substrate is singulated from the substrate sheet. The substrate with the component is attached to the substrate pad on the first face of the substrate, adjacent to the component.