Quasi-hydrophobic Si-Si wafer bonding using hydrophilic Si surfaces and dissolution of interfacial bonding oxide
    5.
    发明授权
    Quasi-hydrophobic Si-Si wafer bonding using hydrophilic Si surfaces and dissolution of interfacial bonding oxide 有权
    使用亲水硅表面的准疏水Si-Si晶片结合和界面结合氧化物的溶解

    公开(公告)号:US08138061B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-03-20

    申请号:US11031165

    申请日:2005-01-07

    IPC分类号: H01L21/46

    CPC分类号: H01L21/187 H01L21/76251

    摘要: The present invention provides a method for removing or reducing the thickness of ultrathin interfacial oxides remaining at Si—Si interfaces after silicon wafer bonding. In particular, the invention provides a method for removing ultrathin interfacial oxides remaining after hydrophilic Si—Si wafer bonding to create bonded Si—Si interfaces having properties comparable to those achieved with hydrophobic bonding. Interfacial oxide layers of order of about 2 to about 3 nm are dissolved away by high temperature annealing, for example, an anneal at 1300°-1330° C. for 1-5 hours. The inventive method is used to best advantage when the Si surfaces at the bonded interface have different surface orientations, for example, when a Si surface having a (100) orientation is bonded to a Si surface having a (110) orientation. In a more general aspect of the invention, the similar annealing processes may be used to remove undesired material disposed at a bonded interface of two silicon-containing semiconductor materials. The two silicon-containing semiconductor materials may be the same or different in surface crystal orientation, microstructure (single-crystal, polycrystalline, or amorphous), and composition.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供一种在硅晶片接合之后去除或减少残留在Si-Si界面处的超薄界面氧化物的厚度的方法。 特别地,本发明提供了一种去除在亲水性Si-Si晶片接合之后残留的超薄界面氧化物以产生具有与用疏水性接合实现的特性相当的性质的结合Si-Si界面的方法。 约2至约3nm的界面氧化物层通过高温退火(例如1300°-1330℃退火1-5小时)被溶解掉。 当粘合界面处的Si表面具有不同的表面取向时,例如当具有(100)取向的Si表面被结合到具有(110)取向的Si表面时,本发明的方法被用于最好的优点。 在本发明的更一般的方面中,类似的退火工艺可用于去除设置在两个含硅半导体材料的键合界面处的不期望的材料。 两种含硅半导体材料在表面晶体取向,微结构(单晶,多晶或无定形)和组成上可以相同或不同。

    Quasi-hydrophobic Si-Si wafer bonding using hydrophilic Si surfaces and dissolution of interfacial bonding oxide
    6.
    发明授权
    Quasi-hydrophobic Si-Si wafer bonding using hydrophilic Si surfaces and dissolution of interfacial bonding oxide 有权
    使用亲水硅表面的准疏水Si-Si晶片结合和界面结合氧化物的溶解

    公开(公告)号:US08053330B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-11-08

    申请号:US12538115

    申请日:2009-08-08

    IPC分类号: H01L21/46

    CPC分类号: H01L21/187 H01L21/76251

    摘要: The present invention provides a method for removing or reducing the thickness of ultrathin interfacial oxides remaining at Si—Si interfaces after silicon wafer bonding. In particular, the invention provides a method for removing ultrathin interfacial oxides remaining after hydrophilic Si—Si wafer bonding to create bonded Si—Si interfaces having properties comparable to those achieved with hydrophobic bonding. Interfacial oxide layers of order of about 2 to about 3 nm are dissolved away by high temperature annealing, for example, an anneal at 1300°-1330° C. for 1-5 hours. The inventive method is used to best advantage when the Si surfaces at the bonded interface have different surface orientations, for example, when a Si surface having a (100) orientation is bonded to a Si surface having a (110) orientation. In a more general aspect of the invention, the similar annealing processes may be used to remove undesired material disposed at a bonded interface of two silicon-containing semiconductor materials. The two silicon-containing semiconductor materials may be the same or different in surface crystal orientation, microstructure (single-crystal, polycrystalline, or amorphous), and composition.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供一种在硅晶片接合之后去除或减少残留在Si-Si界面处的超薄界面氧化物的厚度的方法。 特别地,本发明提供了一种去除在亲水性Si-Si晶片接合之后残留的超薄界面氧化物以产生具有与通过疏水性接合实现的性能相当的特性的结合Si-Si界面的方法。 约2至约3nm的界面氧化物层通过高温退火(例如1300°-1330℃退火1-5小时)被溶解掉。 当粘合界面处的Si表面具有不同的表面取向时,例如当具有(100)取向的Si表面被结合到具有(110)取向的Si表面时,本发明的方法被用于最好的优点。 在本发明的更一般的方面中,类似的退火工艺可用于去除设置在两个含硅半导体材料的键合界面处的不期望的材料。 两种含硅半导体材料在表面晶体取向,微结构(单晶,多晶或无定形)和组成上可以相同或不同。