Granted Patent B2

US 12,635,477 · App. 18/031,084 · Granted May 19, 2026

Inventors: Dominik Zinner (St. Florian am Inn, AT); Thomas Plach (St. Florian am Inn, AT)

Assignee: EV GROUP E. THALLNER GMBH

H10P72/7614H10P10/12H10P72/0428

Abstract

Claims (45)

1 . A substrate holder for bonding substrates, comprising:

a substrate holder surface;

a central elevation arranged on the substrate holder surface with a first mounting surface; and

one or more support elevations respectively arranged on the substrate holder surface with second mounting surfaces,

wherein a substrate is arranged on the first mounting surface of the central elevation and on the second mounting surfaces of the one or more support elevations,

wherein the first mounting surface is larger than the second mounting surfaces,

wherein the one or more support elevations comprise three or more support elevations,

wherein two or more of the three or more support elevations are respectively arranged at radial positions around a central point of the central elevation,

wherein the radial positions around the central point of the central elevation comprise a first radial position and a second radial position, and

wherein the second mounting surfaces of the support elevations arranged at the first radial position are larger than the second mounting surfaces of the support elevations arranged at the second radial position.

2 . The substrate holder according to claim 1 , wherein the first mounting surface of the central elevation is at least 1.1-times larger than the second mounting surfaces of the one or more support elevations.

3 . The substrate holder according to claim 1 , wherein the first mounting surface of the central elevation is of circular construction.

4 . The substrate holder according to claim 1 , wherein the two or more support elevations respectively arranged at the radial positions around the central point of the central elevation have the same distance from one another along circles respectively defined by the radial positions.

5 . The substrate holder according to claim 1 , wherein the

first radial position has a smaller distance from the central point of the central elevation than the second radial position.

6 . The substrate holder according to claim 1 , wherein one or more of the radial positions are flush with a vibration amplitude of the substrate.

7 . A bonding device for bonding substrates, comprising:

one or more substrate holders for bonding the substrate, each of the substrate holders comprising:

a substrate holder surface,

a central elevation arranged on the substrate holder surface with a first mounting surface, and

one or more support elevations respectively arranged on the substrate holder surface with second mounting surfaces,

wherein a substrate is arranged on the first mounting surface of the central elevation and on the second mounting surfaces of the one or more support elevations,

wherein the first mounting surface is larger than the second mounting surfaces,

wherein the one or more support elevations comprise three or more support elevations,

wherein two or more of the three or more support elevations are respectively arranged at radial positions around a central point of the central elevation,

wherein the radial positions around the central point of the central elevation comprise a first radial position and a second radial position, and

wherein the second mounting surfaces of the support elevations arranged at the first radial position are larger than the second mounting surfaces of the support elevations arranged at the second radial position.

8 . A method for producing a substrate holder for bonding substrates, comprising:

providing a substrate holder with a substrate holder surface,

creating a central elevation with a first mounting surface,

respectively creating one or more support elevations with second mounting surfaces,

determining a behaviour of a vibration of one of the substrates, and

determining positions of amplitudes of the vibration in a direction of the substrate holder of the one of the substrates during bonding of the substrates,

wherein the first mounting surface is larger than the second mounting surfaces, and

wherein the respectively creating the one or more support elevations takes place at one of the determined positions of the amplitudes of the vibration.

9 . The method for producing a substrate holder according to claim 8 , further comprising:

determining a bond error of a substrate stack formed by the bonding of the substrates,

determining the positions of the amplitudes of the vibration of the one of the substrates during the bonding of the substrates on the basis of the determined bond error, and

arranging the one or more support elevations at the determined vibration amplitude positions based on the determined bond error.

10 . A method for bonding substrates with a bonding device, the bonding device including one or more substrate holders for bonding the substrates, each of the substrate holders including a substrate holder surface, a central elevation arranged on the substrate holder surface with a first mounting surface, and one or more support elevations respectively arranged on the substrate holder surface with second mounting surfaces, the first mounting surface being larger than the second mounting surfaces, the method comprising:

providing one of the substrates on one of the substrate holders,

providing another one of the substrates on another one of the substrate holders, and

bonding the one of the substrates with the other one of the substrates to form a substrate stack,

wherein the substrates and/or the substrate stack is supported by the first mounting surface of the central elevation during the bonding of the one of the substrates with the other one of the substrates, and

wherein the one of the substrates and/or the substrate stack is additionally supported during the bonding of the one of the substrates with the other one of the substrates by the one or more support elevations at a position of a vibration amplitude of the one of the substrates in a direction of the one of the substrate holders.

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