Patents by Inventor Thomas Brake

Thomas Brake has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method of grinding wafer stacks to provide uniform residual silicon thickness
    Patent number: 9082713
    Abstract: A method of processing a device wafer in a wafer stack by chucking the wafer stack device side down and grinding the exposed side of the carrier wafer to parallel with the device wafer, and thereafter flipping the wafer stack and chucking the wafer stack carrier side down and grinding residual silicon from the device wafer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Strasbaugh
    Inventors: Thomas Brake, Thomas A. Walsh