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13491 Fusion bonding of rough surfaces with polishing technique for silicon micromachining
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Gui, C. and Albers, H. and Gardeniers, J.G.E. and Elwenspoek, M.C. and Lambeck, P.V. (1997) Fusion bonding of rough surfaces with polishing technique for silicon micromachining. Microsystem technologies, 3 (3). pp. 122-128. ISSN 0946-7076 *** ISI Impact 0,931 ***

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s005420050068

Abstract

Surface roughness is one of the crucial factors in silicon fusion bonding. Due to the enhanced surface roughness, it is almost impossible to bond wafers after KOH etching. This also applies when wafers are heavily doped, have a thick LPCVD silicon nitride layer on top or have a LPCVD polysilicon layer of poor quality. It has been demonstrated that these wafers bond spontaneously after a very brief chemical mechanical polishing step. An adhesion parameter, that comprises of both the mechanical and chemical properties of the surface, is introduced when discussing the influence of surface roughness on the bondability. Fusion bonding, combined with a polishing technique, will broaden the applications of bonding techniques in silicon micromachining.

Item Type:Article
Research Group:EWI-TST: Transducers Science and Technology, EWI-IOMS: Integrated Optical MicroSystems
Research Program:MESA-General
Research Project:Chemical mechanical polishing for integrated circuits and sensor actuator technologies
ID Code:13491
Status:Published
Deposited On:25 September 2008
Refereed:Yes
International:Yes
ISI Impact Factor:0,931
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