Press Release

16th October 2020 - The Latest ViTrox Wafer Vision Inspection Handler: Wi8i G2

PENANG MALAYSIA - October 2020 - ViTrox Technologies , a world-leading solution provider of innovative, advanced and cost-effective Automated 3D Machine Vision inspection system and equipment for the Semiconductor and Printed Circuit Board industries, is pleased to introduce the latest Wi8i G2 Wafer Vision Inspection Handler designed to prepare you for your future wafer inspection needs.

As the complexity of the photolithography process increases, the sources of defects are even more diversified, and the demand for defect identification is rising exponentially. The method of defect detection in a traditional manufacturing line mainly relies on human naked-eye detection. This approach imposes a higher risk of low efficiency, high false detection rate, and susceptibility to subjective factors which is no longer suitable for the needs of modern industrial production. With the evolution of computer and image processing technology, Machine Vision inspection technology is widely used in various fields, including wafer inspection.

Wi8i G2 Wafer Vision Inspection Solution
The Wi8i G2 Wafer Vision Inspection Handler is the latest advanced solution designed for 2D surface defect inspections and metrology. Wi8i G2 features multiple handling mechanisms to support various wafer forms including raw wafer, hoop ring, and framed wafer range from 100mm (4”) to 300mm (12”). It can replace conventional human manual visual inspection while providing inspection result data analysis and maintaining consistent, repeatable and reproducibility inspection results.

Besides, it complements the existing process which has limited inspection capability with the latest product feature breakthrough such as the bottom surface inspection and Infrared (IR) inspection solution. The bottom surface inspection is one of the Wi8i G2’s new technology. It enables the user to inspect sawline and crack inspection through the wafer frame tape. With this new technology, the user can perform backside/bottom inspection for raw wafer under current defect capability at approximately 200μm gross defect. Also, it performs backside/Bottom Inspection on frame wafer through tape inspection under current chipping captured at >15μm. The IR Inspection solution is designed to inspect inner defects such as inner crack, component missing, delamination, chip-off & etc. within the device, which is unachievable by using standard solutions. This technology allows users to penetrate the silicon layer to inspect for inner layer defects.

Figure 1

Here is a comparison of the Smart Scope Measurement Image and ViTrox SWIR Vision Image. ViTrox SWIR Vision Image in figure 1 clearly illustrates that Wi8i G2 is able to capture side crack caused by dicing with its breakthrough technologies - the bottom surface inspection and the IR inspection solution. This inspection is critical in filtering dies with backside edge crack which resemble chipping that will cause die malfunction.

With the new launch of Wi8i G2, it greatly reduces manufacturing downtime and human handling which improve the accuracy of the inspection results while maximizing production efficiency. Meanwhile, the users can customize and upgrade their inspection algorithm to fit future inspection needs and maximize production throughput and yield.

If you are interested in ViTrox Wi8i wafer vision handler (G2), please feel free to contact the following sales experts, Mr Leong Kok Yeong ( kok-yeong.leong@vitrox.com ) and Ms Kong Poh Mei ( poh-mei.kong@vitrox.com ).