IP Library Granted Patent US 9,330,919
Granted Patent B1
US 9,330,919 · App. 14/853,114 · Granted May 3, 2016

Method for manufacturing substrate

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Patent No.
US 9,330,919
App. No.
14/853,114
Granted
May 3, 2016
Kind
B1
Abstract

A method for manufacturing a substrate is provided. The method includes irradiating a single crystal substrate with a beam of laser or charged particles while moving an irradiation point of the beam with respect to the single crystal substrate so that a trajectory of the irradiation point on a surface of the single crystal substrate describes a striped pattern of straight lines. Non-crystalline regions are formed in the single crystal substrate along the trajectory. The irradiation is repeated multiple times so that directions of the striped patterns are different from each other among the multiple times of irradiation. The repetition of the irradiation changes warpage of the single crystal substrate. All of directions of the straight lines described in the multiple times of irradiation are not parallel to any of directions of crystal axes of the single crystal substrate in a plane parallel to the surface.

Claims (21)

1. A method for manufacturing a substrate, the method comprising:

irradiating a single crystal substrate with a beam of laser or charged particles while moving an irradiation point of the beam with respect to the single crystal substrate so that a trajectory of the irradiation point on a surface of the single crystal substrate describes a striped pattern of straight lines, and non-crystalline regions being formed in the single crystal substrate along the trajectory,

wherein

the irradiation is repeated multiple times so that directions of the striped patterns are different from each other among the multiple times of irradiation,

the repetition of the irradiation changes warpage of the single crystal substrate, and

in the irradiation of multiple times, all of directions of the straight lines described in the multiple times of irradiation are not parallel to any of directions of crystal axes of the single crystal substrate in a plane parallel to the surface.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein

the single crystal substrate comprises a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface,

in the irradiation, the non-crystalline regions are formed in a range closer to the first surface than an intermediate portion of the single crystal substrate in a thickness direction of the single crystal substrate, and

the method further comprises adhering a semiconductor substrate to the single crystal substrate in a heated state, wherein the semiconductor substrate is adhered to the second surface in a case where a linear expansion coefficient of the single crystal substrate is larger than a liner expansion coefficient of the semiconductor substrate, and the semiconductor substrate is adhered to the first surface in a case where the liner expansion coefficient of the single crystal substrate is smaller than the linear expansion coefficient of the semiconductor substrate.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein

a crystal structure of the single crystal substrate is hexagonal crystal, and

the first surface and the second surface are c-planes.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein

the irradiation is repeated three times,

an angle between a direction of the striped pattern of the first irradiation and an a 1 -axis of the single crystal substrate is angle X 1 ,

an angle between a direction of the striped pattern of the second irradiation and an a 2 -axis of the single crystal substrate is angle X 2 ,

an angle between a direction of the striped pattern of the third irradiation and an a 3 -axis of the single crystal substrate is angle X 3 ,

a difference between the angle X 1 and the angle X 2 is less than 5 degrees,

a difference between the angle X 2 and the angle X 3 is less than 5 degrees, and

a difference between the angle X 3 and the angle X 1 is less than 5 degrees.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 1, 2020
From: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: DENSO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 052285/0419 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 14, 2015
From: KUROKAWA, YUTO
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 036557/0433 →