The invention provides a
chip local layer removing method. The method comprises the steps that after a
chip is uncovered, a non-conductive layer is adjacent to the lower portion of a surface
metal layer; filling a test pad region corresponding to the surface
metal layer with a protective layer, and exposing a to-be-removed region; removing the surface
metal layer of the to-be-removed area, and exposing the lower structure layer below the surface metal layer of the to-be-removed area; and removing the protective layer, and positioning the electrical fault point of the
chip by using the test bonding pad. According to the method, the surface of the uncovered chip is filled with the
hot melt wax to protect the test bonding pad, subsequent chip cleaning is facilitated, and the electrical fault point positioning effect is improved; meanwhile, local
layer removal is carried out on the chip without a conducting layer under the surface metal layer, so that the fault point can still be accurately positioned under the condition that hot
spot analysis of the surface metal layer is difficult, and
failure analysis of a special chip is facilitated; in addition, a fault area is obtained through an
electrical performance test before filling of the protective layer, and the efficiency and accuracy of subsequent electrical fault point positioning are improved; and finally, the
passivation layer in the fault area is thinned and then removed, so that the influence of the
passivation layer and
reactive ion etching on fault point positioning is avoided, and the fault point positioning effectiveness is improved.