Die

14 Packaging, Assembly, Chiplets & 3D Integration

Definition

An individual semiconductor chip containing a fabricated circuit or device, defined on a wafer and intended to be separated from that wafer for test, assembly or packaging.

Application

Used as the functional chip unit in semiconductor packaging; acceptable dies may be picked from dicing tape and attached, wire-bonded, flip-chip bonded, stacked or integrated with other dies in advanced packages.

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Semiconductor die; chip; bare die

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