摘要:
An automatic high-precision layer cutting device for separating a layer from a semiconductor substrate. The device includes a fixed positioning member for receiving at least a portion of a semiconductor substrate that has a weakened area therein and a peripheral annular notch located below the weakened area. The positioning member maintains the position of the substrate on a moveable support. A cutting mechanism having at least one blade is provided for contacting the substrate and inducing a cleaving wave therein. The cutting mechanism is operatively associated with the positioning member so that the as at least one blade contacts the annular notch, the positioning member prevents movement of the substrate and the moveable support moves away from the substrate to allow the cleaving wave to both divide the substrate at the notch into first and second parts and detach the layer from the substrate along the weakened area.
摘要:
Methods for forming a semiconductor structure are described. In an embodiment, the technique includes providing a donor wafer having a first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer on the first layer and having a free surface, implanting atomic species through the free surface of the second layer to form a zone of weakness zone in the first layer, and bonding the free surface of the second layer to a host wafer. The method also includes supplying energy to detach at the zone of weakness a semiconductor structure comprising the host wafer, the second layer and a portion of the first layer, conducting a bond strengthening step on the structure after detachment at a temperature of less than about 800° C. to improve the strength of the bond between the second layer and the host wafer, and selectively etching the first layer portion to remove it from the structure and to expose a surface of the second layer. The implanting step includes implantation parameters chosen to minimize surface roughness resulting from detachment at the zone of weakness.
摘要:
A method for producing a semiconductor entity is described. The method includes providing a donor substrate having a zone of weakness at a predetermined depth to define a thin layer, and the donor substrate includes a bonding interface. A receiver substrate is also provided that includes at least one motif on its surface. The technique further includes bonding the donor substrate at the bonding interface to the at least one motif on the receiver substrate, and supplying sufficient energy to detach a portion of the thin layer from the donor substrate located at the at least one motif and to rupture bonds within the thin layer. The energy thus supplied is insufficient to rupture the bond at the bonding interface. Also described is fabrication of a wafer and the use of the method to produce chips suitable for use in electronics, optics, or optoelectronics applications.
摘要:
This invention relates to a process for treatment of a multi-layer wafer with materials having differential thermal characteristics, the process comprising a high temperature heat treatment step that can generate secondary defects, characterised in that this process includes a wafer surface preparation step before the high temperature heat treatment step.
摘要:
A method for producing a semiconductor entity is described. The method includes providing a donor substrate having a zone of weakness at a predetermined depth to define a thin layer, and the donor substrate includes a bonding interface. A receiver substrate is also provided that includes at least one motif on its surface. The technique further includes bonding the donor substrate at the bonding interface to the at least one motif on the receiver substrate, and supplying sufficient energy to detach a portion of the thin layer from the donor substrate located at the at least one motif and to rupture bonds within the thin layer. The energy thus supplied is insufficient to rupture the bond at the bonding interface. Also described is fabrication of a wafer and the use of the method to produce chips suitable for use in electronics, optics, or optoelectronics applications.
摘要:
This invention relates to a process for treatment of a multi-layer wafer with materials having differential thermal characteristics, the process comprising a high temperature heat treatment step that can generate secondary defects, characterised in that this process includes a wafer surface preparation step before the high temperature heat treatment step.
摘要:
The invention relates to the preparation of a thin layer comprising a step in which an interface is created between a layer used to create said thin layer and a substrate, characterized in that said interface is made in such way that it is provided with at least one first zone (Z1) which has a first level of mechanical strength, and a second zone (Z2) which has a level of mechanical strength which is substantially lower than that of the first zone. Said interface can be created by glueing surfaces which are prepared in a differentiated manner, by a layer which is buried and embrittled in a differentiated manner in said zones, or by an intermediate porous layer.
摘要:
A process and device for separating two semi-conductor substrate wafers along an interface. The process includes forming a cavity, and initiating separation by applying force to the interface through the cavity. The device utilizes fluid or gas, and pressure chambers, to subject adherent faces of the interface to at least one of chemical or mechanical action.