Low Temperature Wafer Direct Bonding Using Wet Chemical Treatment

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In this paper, the low-temperature (less than or equal to 400 °C) silicon wafer direct bonding technology using wet chemical surface treatment is proposed. For bonded pairs of silicon-oxide-covered wafers, the optimum process condition is established with respect to the experimental results of two different wet chemical processing methods. The bonding quality is evaluated through infrared transmission test and tensile test. Experimental results indicate that the bonding strength of the additional 29% NH3•H2O treated samples is about 7.2 MPa, while it is no more than 3.1 MPa for the only piranha (H2SO4/H2O2) solution and RCA1 (NH3•H2O/H2O2/H2O) solution cleaned samples. Effect of the pulling speed on tensile test is also investigated. The results show that the pulling speed effect should be considered during the tensile test.

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Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 482-484)

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2381-2384

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February 2012

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