OICC Press Majlesi Journal of Electrical Engineering 2345-3796 18 1 2024 04 21 Semiconductor Chipping Improvement via a Full Sandwich Wafer Mounting Technique 10.30486/mjee.2024.2001373.1323 EN Mohd Syahrin Amri Faculty of Mechanical Technology and Engineering, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Hang Tuah Jaya 76100 Durian Tunggal, Melaka, Malaysia Ghazali Omar Faculty of Mechanical Technology and Engineering, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Hang Tuah Jaya 76100 Durian Tunggal, Melaka, Malaysia 0000-0002-1294-1356 Mohd Syafiq Mispan Faculty of Electronics and Computer Technology and Engineering, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Hang Tuah Jaya 76100 Durian Tunggal, Melaka, Malaysia Fuaida Harun Infineon Technologies (M) Sdn. Bhd, Batu Berendam FTZ, 75350 Melaka, Malaysia Zaleha Mustafa Faculty of Industrial and Manufacturing Technology and Engineering, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Hang Tuah Jaya 76100 Durian Tunggal, Melaka, Malaysia Journal Article 2024 04 21 Silicon wafers have been widely used in semiconductor manufacturing, and chipping issues often highlighted during wafer dicing which affects device performance and reliability. The phenomenon of chipping has been observed to have detrimental effects on die strength, leading to the potential of crack formation. Cracks became a major concern because its sometimes undetected during testing and had been reported to cause malfunctions at user applications. This study aims to comprehensively analyze the fragile behavior of silicon concerning its chipping and flexural strength performance, providing valuable insights for engineering applications. The research employed new wafer mounting techniques, including chipping analysis, a three-point bending test and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) to reduce silicon die chipping and increase the flexural strength by evaluating the novel semi and full sandwich wafer mounting techniques. The study demonstrated that the implementation of novel full sandwich mounting technique had improved significantly the silicon die chipping and flexural die performance among all the wafer mounting techniques.