Development of DFD6370: A Dicing Saw for Package Singulation (Max. 330 x 330 mm)

DISCO Corporation, a semiconductor manufacturing equipment manufacturer (Head Office: Ota-ku, Tokyo; President: Kazuma Sekiya), has developed DFD6370, a fully automatic dicing saw that enables singulation of max. 330 x 330 mm square packages.
This equipment will be exhibited at SEMICON Japan 2024 (December 11-13, Tokyo Big Sight).

Developmental Background

In order to achieve low profile, high performance semiconductor packages and cost reduction, FOWLP (Fan-Out Wafer Level Packaging), a package manufacturing technology using φ300 mm wafers, was started approx. 10 years ago. Subsequently, for further cost reduction, PLP (Panel Level Packaging), another package manufacturing technology that uses large substrates or panel level workpieces, was devised.
DISCO released DFD6310, a dicing saw for large panels (up to 720 × 610 mm) in 2016, but there was an issue with productivity, as singulating a large workpiece all at once meant that large dicing saws would be occupied for long periods of time. With the newly-developed DFD6370, productivity improvement can be expected by performing singulation after splitting the panel-sized packages into 4 or 6 smaller workpieces using equipment such as DFD6310.
In addition, one of the reasons for developing DFD6370 was the increased demand for singulation after dividing larger panels into four 300 x 300 mm workpieces owing to the standardization of 600 mm square workpieces by SEMI in 2019.

DFD6370

Features

  • Supports singulation of workpieces with a maximum size of 330 x 330 mm

  • Multiple-mounted workpiece processing
    Multiple strip substrates (300 x 100 mm, etc.) can be mounted on one frame and processed.
  • Multiple-mounted workpiece processing
  • Height control function (optional)
    It is possible to select a height measurement sensor suitable for the application. As highly accurate cut depth control is possible, it is effective for applications such as half-cut dicing for wettable flank-QFN substrates.

Future Schedule

To be exhibited at SEMICON Japan 2024 December 11 to 13, 2024 at Tokyo Big Sight
Test cuts From January 2025
Sales release From October 2025

About DISCO
DISCO is a semiconductor equipment manufacturer that provides precision processing equipment, including dicing saws and grinders, and precision processing tools (blades and wheels) used for manufacturing semiconductors and electronic components. In addition to these products, as a result of pursuing optimal processing results for customers through the provision of the technology used with the equipment and tools, DISCO products and processing technologies have been widely adopted by device manufacturers and semiconductor subcontractors both domestically and internationally. For details, please visit the DISCO website at www.disco.co.jp.

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