IP Library Granted Patent US 10,504,716
Granted Patent B2
US 10,504,716 · App. 15/922,296 · Granted Dec 10, 2019

Method for manufacturing semiconductor device and manufacturing method of the same

Inventors: Yung-Lung Lin (Taichung, TW); Hau-Yi Hsiao (Chiayi, TW); Chih-Hui Huang (Tainan County, TW); Kuo-Hwa Tzeng (Taipei, TW); Cheng-Hsien Chou (Tainan, TW)
Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
H01L21/02035H01L21/02052H01L21/02532H01L21/30625H01L21/76251
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Patent No.
US 10,504,716
App. No.
15/922,296
Granted
Dec 10, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a method for wafer bonding, including providing a wafer, forming a sacrificial layer on a top surface of the first wafer, trimming an edge of the first wafer to obtain a first wafer area, cleaning the top surface of the first wafer, removing the sacrificial layer, and bonding the top surface of the first wafer to a second wafer having a second wafer area greater than the first wafer area.

Claims (35)

1. A method for wafer bonding, comprising:

providing a first wafer;

forming a sacrificial layer on a top surface of the first wafer;

trimming an edge of the first wafer to obtain a first wafer area;

cleaning the top surface of the first wafer;

removing the sacrificial layer;

bonding the top surface of the first wafer to a second wafer having a second wafer area greater than the first wafer area; and

thinning the first wafer from a bottom surface opposite to the top surface after trimming the edge of the first wafer, until a trimmed edge is reached.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the sacrificial layer is between 500 angstrom to 50000 angstrom.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the cleaning the top surface of the first wafer comprises a basic and an acidic etching to the top surface.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising forming an epitaxial layer after forming the sacrificial layer.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising forming a bonding layer over the second wafer prior to bonding the first wafer to the second wafer.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising forming an oxide layer over the top surface of the first wafer subsequent to removing the sacrificial layer.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising forming an epitaxial layer before forming the sacrificial layer.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein a width of a trimmed edge of the first wafer is in a range of from about 1 mm to about 3 mm.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein a depth of the trimmed edge of the first wafer is in a range of from about 0.01 μm to about 200 μm.

10. A method for wafer bonding, comprising:

providing a first wafer having a first bonding surface;

edge-trimming the first wafer at the first bonding surface;

cleaning the first bonding surface; and

performing chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) on the first bonding surface.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising forming a SiGe expitaxial layer over the first bonding surface before the edge-trimming and performing the CMP on the SiGe epitaxial layer of the first wafer.

12. The method of claim 10 , further comprising forming a SiGe expitaxial layer over the first bonding surface after the edge-trimming and performing the CMP on the bonding surface of the first wafer.

13. The method of claim 10 , wherein the edge-trimming comprises reducing a diameter of the first wafer in a range of from about 2 mm to about 6 mm in proximal to the first bonding surface.

14. The method of claim 10 , wherein the edge-trimming comprises reducing a thickness of the first wafer in a range of from about 0.01 μm to about 200 μm in proximal to the first bonding surface.

15. The method of claim 10 , further comprising bonding the first wafer having a first diameter at the first bonding surface to a second wafer having a second diameter at a second bonding surface, the second diameter being greater than the first diameter.

16. The method of claim 10 , wherein the CMP is performed subsequent to cleaning the first bonding surface.

17. A method for forming an edge-trimmed wafer, comprising:

providing a wafer having a first surface;

edge-trimming the wafer at the first surface by reducing a diameter of the wafer in a range of from about 2 mm to about 6 mm and reducing a thickness of the wafer in a range of from about 0.01 μm to about 200 μm;

cleaning the first surface by a basic and an acidic etch; and

performing a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) on the first surface after cleaning the first surface.

18. The method of claim 17 , further comprising ashing and hydrogen fluoride etching after the CMP.

19. The method of claim 17 , further comprising forming a sacrificial layer over the first surface prior to the edge-trimming at the first surface.

20. The method of claim 19 , further comprising removing the sacrificial layer after the edge-trimming at the first surface.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 3, 2018
From: LIN, YUNG-LUNG; HSIAO, HAU-YI; HUANG, CHIH-HUI; TZENG, KUO-HWA; CHOU, CHENG-HSIEN
To: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
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