Room-Temperature Bonding of Wafers with Smooth Au Thin Films in Ambient Air Using a Surface-Activated Bonding Method
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Wafers with smooth Au thin films (rms surface roughness: < 0.5 nm, thickness: < 50 nm) were successfully bonded in ambient air at room temperature after an Ar radio frequency plasma activation process. The room temperature bonded glass wafers without any heat treatment showed a sufficiently high die-shear strength of 47–70MPa. Transmission electron microscopy observations showed that direct bonding on the atomic scale was achieved. This surface-activated bonding method is expected to be a useful technique for future heterogeneous photonic integration. key words: heterogeneous integration, room-temperature bonding, surface-activated bonding, Au-Au bonding
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عنوان ژورنال:
- IEICE Transactions
دوره 100-C شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2017