Patent 10388535 was granted and assigned to Powertech Technology on August, 2019 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A wafer processing method uses a chuck table with smaller diameter than a semiconductor wafer to be processed. A cut through edge trimming is therefore implemented on the periphery of the semiconductor wafer to form a cut through straight side at the periphery and also form a flat portion at the periphery as a positioning means for taping and backside grind processes.