IP Library Granted Patent US 12677655
Granted Patent B2
US 12677655 · App. 18/384,250 · Granted Jul 7, 2026

Substrate bonding method

Inventors: Wonyoung Choi (Suwon-si, KR); Minwoo Rhee (Suwon-si, KR); Sungyoung Yoon (Suwon-si, KR); Jaehyun Phee (Suwon-si, KR); Bumki Moon (Suwon-si, KR); Kyeongbin Lim (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
H10W20/435H10W72/01938H10W72/923H10W72/925H10W72/952H10W90/792
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Patent No.
US 12677655
App. No.
18/384,250
Granted
Jul 7, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A substrate bonding method includes: forming first plasma on a bonding surface of a first substrate at atmospheric pressure by using a mixed gas including an inert gas and water vapor, to thereby perform surface activation treatment on the bonding surface of the first substrate; forming second plasma on a bonding surface of a second substrate at atmospheric pressure by using the mixed gas, to thereby perform surface activation treatment on the bonding surface of the second substrate; bonding the bonding surface of the first substrate and the bonding surface of the second substrate to each other; and moving each of the first substrate and the second substrate at a constant speed in a region above a linear reactor in which the first plasma and the second plasma are formed.

Claims (16)

1 . A substrate bonding method comprising:

forming first plasma on a bonding surface of a first substrate at atmospheric pressure by using a mixed gas comprising an inert gas and water vapor, to thereby perform surface activation treatment on the bonding surface of the first substrate;

forming second plasma on a bonding surface of a second substrate at atmospheric pressure by using the mixed gas, to thereby perform surface activation treatment on the bonding surface of the second substrate;

bonding the bonding surface of the first substrate and the bonding surface of the second substrate to each other; and

moving each of the first substrate and the second substrate at a constant speed in a region above a linear reactor in which the first plasma and the second plasma are formed.

2 . The substrate bonding method of claim 1 , wherein the inert gas comprises argon (Ar), and

wherein a flow rate of the mixed gas is regulated to be from 100 sccm to 950 sccm.

3 . The substrate bonding method of claim 1 , wherein a radio frequency (RF) power for the forming the first plasma and the forming the second plasma at atmospheric pressure is regulated to be from 300 W to 900 W, and an RF frequency for the forming the first plasma and the forming the second plasma is regulated to be from 13.56 M to 100 M.

4 . The substrate bonding method of claim 1 , wherein hydroxyl groups (—OH) are distributed on each of the bonding surface of the first substrate and the bonding surface of the second substrate by the surface activation treatment.

5 . The substrate bonding method of claim 1 , further comprising linearly reciprocating a stage on which the first substrate and the second substrate are provided; and

moving the stage at a moving speed from 5 mm/s to 60 mm/s.

6 . The substrate bonding method of claim 1 , further comprising repeatedly moving the first substrate and the second substrate above the linear reactor.

7 . The substrate bonding method of claim 1 , wherein the water vapor is supplied from ultrapure water.

8 . The substrate bonding method of claim 1 , wherein the water vapor is supplied by a vaporizer.

9 . The substrate bonding method of claim 1 , wherein the water vapor is supplied by a bubbler.

10 . The substrate bonding method of claim 1 , wherein the bonding comprises bonding the bonding surface of the first substrate and the bonding surface of the second substrate to each other using hybrid bonding.