IP Library Granted Patent US 12666921
Granted Patent B2
US 12666921 · App. 18/332,508 · Granted Jun 23, 2026

Processing apparatus using laser, method of laser lift-off and method of manufacturing semiconductor device

Inventors: Takuro Okubo (Yokkaichi, JP); Hidekazu Hayashi (Yokkaichi, JP)
Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
H10P72/74B23K26/0734B23K26/0823B23K26/0869B23K26/18B23K2101/40H10B80/00H10P72/7442H10W90/00H10W90/792
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Patent No.
US 12666921
App. No.
18/332,508
Granted
Jun 23, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A processing apparatus using laser according to an embodiment includes a stage configured to hold a substrate and rotate, and a laser irradiation apparatus capable of moving in a radial direction of the rotation. The laser irradiation apparatus includes a control unit configured to control an output of an infrared pulsed laser so that L1/L2 satisfies 1.2 or more and 10 or less when a distance between laser spots adjacent to each other in a rotation direction of the stage is L1 and a distance between laser spots adjacent to each other in the radial direction of the rotation is L2.

Claims (35)

1 . A processing apparatus using a laser, the processor apparatus comprising:

a stage configured to hold a substrate and rotate;

a laser irradiation apparatus movable in a radial direction of rotation of the stage; and

a moving mechanism configured to move the laser irradiation apparatus in the radial direction,

wherein the laser irradiation apparatus includes a control unit configured to control an output of an infrared pulsed laser so that the following condition is satisfied:

1.2≤ L 1/ L 2≤10

where L1 is a distance between laser spots adjacent to each other in a rotation direction of the stage, and L2 is a distance between laser spots adjacent to each other in the radial direction.

2 . The processing apparatus using laser according to claim 1 , wherein the condition 1.2≤L1/L2≤10 is satisfied at a central portion of the substrate and at a peripheral portion outside the central portion.

3 . The processing apparatus using laser according to claim 1 , wherein L1 corresponds to a linear velocity/frequency of the infrared pulsed laser.

4 . The processing apparatus using laser according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit controls a diameter and frequency of the laser spot.

5 . The processing apparatus using laser according to claim 1 , wherein the infrared pulsed laser includes a carbon dioxide gas laser.

6 . A method of laser lift-off, the method comprising:

arranging a bonded substrate on a stage, the bonded substrate being formed by bonding a first substrate and a second substrate via a laser absorption layer;

rotating the stage; and

moving the laser irradiation apparatus in a radial direction of rotation of the stage,

wherein the laser irradiation apparatus is configured to irradiate the laser absorption layer with an infrared pulsed laser by controlling an output so that the following condition is satisfied:

1.2≤ L 1/ L 2≤10

where L1 is a distance between laser spots adjacent to each other in the rotation direction of the stage, and L2 is a distance between laser spots adjacent to each other in the radial direction, and

wherein L1 is greater than a diameter of each of the laser spots adjacent to each other in the rotation direction of the stage, and L2 is greater than a diameter of each of the laser spots adjacent to each other in the radial direction.

7 . The method according to claim 6 , wherein the laser irradiation apparatus controls the output of the infrared pulsed laser so that the condition 1.2≤L1/L2≤10 is satisfied at a central portion of the second substrate and at a peripheral portion outside the central portion.

8 . The method according to claim 6 , wherein L1 corresponds to a linear velocity/frequency of the infrared pulsed laser.

9 . The method according to claim 6 , wherein the laser irradiation apparatus controls a diameter and frequency of the laser spot.

10 . The method according to claim 6 , wherein the infrared pulsed laser includes a carbon dioxide gas laser.

11 . A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, the method comprising:

arranging a bonded substrate on a stage, the bonded substrate being formed by bonding a first substrate and a second substrate via a laser absorption layer;

rotating the stage;

moving a laser irradiation apparatus in a radial direction of rotation of the stage, the laser irradiation apparatus being configured to irradiate the laser absorption layer with an infrared pulsed laser by controlling an output so that the following condition is satisfied:

1.2≤ L 1/ L 2≤10

where L1 is a distance between laser spots adjacent to each other in the rotation direction of the stage, and L2 is a distance between laser spots adjacent to each other in the radial direction; and

peeling off the second substrate from the first substrate,

wherein L1 is greater than a diameter of each of the laser spots adjacent to each other in the rotation direction of the stage, and L2 is greater than a diameter of each of the laser spots adjacent to each other in the radial direction.

12 . The method according to claim 11 , wherein the laser absorption layer includes a silicon oxide film.

13 . The method according to claim 11 , wherein:

the bonded substrate includes a CMOS circuit, a memory cell array, and the laser absorption layer between the first substrate and the second substrate, and

the laser irradiation apparatus irradiates the infrared pulsed laser from a second substrate side.