IP Library Granted Patent US 9,688,532
Granted Patent B2
US 9,688,532 · App. 15/222,085 · Granted Jun 27, 2017

Method of manufacturing electronic device

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Patent No.
US 9,688,532
App. No.
15/222,085
Granted
Jun 27, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of manufacturing an electronic device in which a second substrate (functional element) containing silicon and a third substrate (lid body) containing silicon are bonded to a first substrate containing alkali metal ions by anode bonding includes a first process of performing the anode bonding to bond the second substrate to a surface of the first substrate; a second process of removing at least a portion of the surface of the first substrate to which the third substrate is to be bonded by the anode bonding and exposing a bonding surface after the first process; and a third process of performing the anode bonding to bond the third substrate to the bonding surface of the first substrate.

Claims (34)

1. A method of manufacturing an electronic device in which a second substrate containing silicon and a third substrate containing silicon are bonded to a first substrate containing alkali metal ions by anode bonding, comprising:

a first process of performing the anode bonding to bond the second substrate to a surface of the first substrate;

a second process of removing at least a portion of the surface of the first substrate to which the third substrate is to be bonded by the anode bonding and exposing a bonding surface after the first process; and

a third process of performing the anode bonding to bond the third substrate to the bonding surface of the first substrate.

2. The method according to claim 1 ,

wherein a dry etching method is used in the second process.

3. The method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the portion with a depth of 550 nm to 1000 nm from the first surface is removed in the second process.

4. The method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the portion with a depth of 650 nm to 1000 nm from the first surface is removed in the second process.

5. The method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the portion with a depth of 825 nm to 1000 nm from the first surface is removed in the second process.

6. The method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the anode bonding is performed using heating temperatures that are substantially equal to each other in the first and third processes.

7. The method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the third substrate is a lid body enclosing the second substrate.

8. The method according to claim 1 ,

wherein a heating temperature of the anode bonding is equal to or higher than 200° C. and equal to or lower than 390° C. in at least any of the first and third processes.

9. The method according to claim 2 ,

wherein the portion with a depth of 550 nm to 1000 nm from the first surface is removed in the second process.

10. The method according to claim 2 ,

wherein the portion with a depth of 650 nm to 1000 nm from the first surface is removed in the second process.

11. The method according to claim 2 ,

wherein the portion with a depth of 825 nm to 1000 nm from the first surface is removed in the second process.

12. The method according to claim 3 ,

wherein the anode bonding is performed using heating temperatures that are substantially equal to each other in the first and third processes.

13. The method according to claim 3 ,

wherein the third substrate is a lid body enclosing the second substrate.

14. The method according to claim 3 ,

wherein a heating temperature of the anode bonding is equal to or higher than 200° C. and equal to or lower than 390° C. in at least any of the first and third processes.

15. The method according to claim 6 ,

wherein the third substrate is a lid body enclosing the second substrate.

16. The method according to claim 6 ,

wherein a heating temperature of the anode bonding is equal to or higher than 200° C. and equal to or lower than 390° C. in at least any of the first and third processes.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 2, 2022
From: SEIKO EPSON CORP.
To: COLUMBIA PEAK VENTURES, LLC
Reel/Frame 058952/0475 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 28, 2016
From: NARUSE, ATSUKI
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 039281/0817 →