Device manufactured by room-temperature bonding, device manufacturing method, and room-temperature bonding apparatus

US10112376B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-10112376-B2
Application numberUS-201615149891-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateMay 9, 2016
Priority dateMay 30, 2006
Publication dateOct 30, 2018
Grant dateOct 30, 2018

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An inter-substrate material layer is formed between a first substrate and a second substrate to generate a bonding strength. A plurality of metal elements are present in the inter-substrate material layer. An interface element existence ratio of the plurality of metal elements is 0.07 or above. A device can be obtained in which substrates difficult to bond (for example, SiO 2 substrates) are bonded at room-temperature to have practical bonding strength.

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The invention claimed is: 1. A method of manufacturing a device, comprising: performing sputtering on a surface of a first substrate, such that sputtering ions directly emit to the first substrate and a second substrate; attaching one or more metal elements onto the surface of said first substrate; and bonding the second substrate to the surface of said first substrate at room temperature, wherein the performing sputtering comprises sputtering ions missing the first substrate and the second substrate to emit to a metal emitter to sputter the metal emitter, and wherein an interface element existence ratio of said one or more metal elements is 0.07 or above and 0.6 or below, wherein the performing sputtering comprises sputtering ions to a substrate holding mechanism that supports the first and second substrates in a chamber, the substrate holding mechanism being made of metal, and wherein the substrate holding mechanism includes an upper stage that holds the first substrate and a lower stage that holds the second substrate. 2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the interface element existence ratio of said one or more metal elements is 0.1 or above. 3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the interface element existence ratio of said one or more metal elements is 0.2 or above. 4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising: performing the sputtering on a surface of said second substrate at the same time that the surface of said first substrate is sputtered. 5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said performing is performed as the same time as said attaching. 6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said performing comprises: radiating accelerated particles to sputter the surface of said first substrate, and said attaching comprises: attaching said one or more metal elements on the surface of said first substrate, wherein said one or more metal elements are emitted from a metal emitter to which the accelerated particles are radiated. 7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein said metal emitter is at least one of a bonding apparatus, structural members and parts of a substrate holding mechanism a stage moving mechanism, and a substrate pressure welding mechanism disposed in said bonding apparatus. 8. The method according to claim 6 , wherein a parameter of the radiation of the particles is a velocity of the particles. 9. The method according to claim 6 , wherein a parameter of the radiation of the particles is a radiation time during which the particles are radiated. 10. The method according to claim 6 , wherein a parameter of the radiation of the particles is an amount of the particles radiated onto the surface of said first substrate per a unit time. 11. The method according to any of claim 1 , wherein a plurality of said metal elements are attached, and said plurality of metal elements are a set of metal elements selected the group consisting of: a set of iron and chromium, a set of iron and aluminum, a set of iron, chromium, and aluminum, a set of iron, chromium, and nickel, and a set of iron, chromium, nickel, and aluminum. 12. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the radiation time during which the particles are radiated is longer than 100 seconds and shorter than 600 seconds. 13. The method according to claim 12 , wherein a coupling energy is 0.5 J/m 2 or above.

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  • characterised by the properties of the layers · CPC title

  • B23K20/02Primary

    by means of a press {; Diffusion bonding} · CPC title

  • After-treatment · CPC title

  • taking account of the properties of the materials to be welded · CPC title

  • Electrical discharge treatment, e.g. corona, plasma treatment; wave energy or particle radiation (heat treatment B32B38/0036) · CPC title

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What does patent US10112376B2 cover?
An inter-substrate material layer is formed between a first substrate and a second substrate to generate a bonding strength. A plurality of metal elements are present in the inter-substrate material layer. An interface element existence ratio of the plurality of metal elements is 0.07 or above. A device can be obtained in which substrates difficult to bond (for example, SiO 2 substrates) are b…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Mitsubishi Heavy Ind Machine Tool Co Ltd, Aist, Mitsubishi Heavy Ind Machine Tool Co Ltd
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification B23K20/02. Mapped technology areas include Operations & Transport.
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Publication date Tue Oct 30 2018 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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