Spontaneous direct bonding of thick silicon nitride

Stefan Sanchez; C. Gui; Michael Curt Elwenspoek

doi:10.1088/0960-1317/7/3/007

Spontaneous direct bonding of thick silicon nitride

Stefan Sanchez
, C. Gui
, Michael Curt Elwenspoek

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Abstract

Wafers with 1 µm LPCVD silicon-rich nitride layers have been successfully direct bonded to silicon-rich nitride and boron-doped silicon surfaces. A chemical-mechanical polishing treatment was necessary to reduce the surface roughness of the nitride before bonding. The measured surface energies of the room-temperature bond were comparable to values found for Si-Si hydrophilic bonding. A mechanism similar to this bonding is suggested for silicon nitride bonding.

Original language	Undefined
Pages (from-to)	111-113
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of micromechanics and microengineering
Volume	7
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/0960-1317/7/3/007
Publication status	Published - Sept 1997

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IR-55988
EWI-13486

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