IP Library Granted Patent US 12,544,994
Granted Patent B2
US 12,544,994 · App. 18/686,939 · Granted Feb 10, 2026

Substrate processing method

Inventors: Masayuki Satake (Tokyo, JP); Masayuki Nakanishi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: EBARA CORPORATION
B29C70/745B29C48/19B29C48/21B29L2031/3406H10D88/01
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Patent No.
US 12,544,994
App. No.
18/686,939
Granted
Feb 10, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present application relates to a substrate processing method of suppressing cracking and chipping of a laminated substrate manufactured by bonding substrates, and more particularly to a technique of applying filler to a gap formed between edge portions of the substrates constituting the laminated substrate. The substrate processing method includes: applying a first filler to the gap between an edge portion of a first substrate and an edge portion of a second substrate; and applying a second filler to the gap between the edge portion of the first substrate and the edge portion of the second substrate after applying of the first filler. A viscosity of the first filler is lower than a viscosity of the second filler.

Claims (35)

1 . A substrate processing method of applying a filler to a laminated substrate having a first substrate and a second substrate bonded to each other, comprising:

applying a first filler to a gap between a bevel portion of the bonded first substrate constituting the laminated substrate and a bevel portion of the bonded second substrate constituting the laminated substrate; and

applying a second filler to the gap after applying of the first filler to fill the gap with the first filler and the second filler, a viscosity of the first filler being lower than a viscosity of the second filler.

2 . The substrate processing method according to claim 1 , further comprising curing the first filler after applying of the first filler,

wherein applying of the second filler is performed after curing of the first filler.

3 . The substrate processing method according to claim 1 , wherein the first filler contains particles, and a diameter of each of the particles is 1 μm or less.

4 . The substrate processing method according to claim 3 , wherein the second filler contains particles, and a diameter of each of the particles contained in the second filler is larger than the diameter of each of the particles contained in the first filler.

5 . The substrate processing method according to claim 1 , wherein the first filler does not contain particles.

6 . The substrate processing method according to claim 1 , wherein the viscosity of the first filler is 5 Pa·s or less.

7 . The substrate processing method according to claim 1 , wherein a radial width of the applied first filler is smaller than a radial width of the applied second filler.

8 . A substrate processing method of applying a filler to a laminated substrate having a first substrate and a second substrate bonded to each other, comprising:

applying a first filler to a gap between an edge portion of the bonded first substrate constituting the laminated substrate and an edge portion of the bonded second substrate constituting the laminated substrate;

applying a second filler to the gap after applying of the first filler, a viscosity of the first filler being lower than a viscosity of the second filler;

applying a third filler to the gap after applying of the second filler; and

post-processing for the laminated substrate after applying of the third filler,

wherein the third filler has chemical resistance that does not allow the third filler to be dissolved by a processing liquid for use in the post-processing.

9 . A substrate processing method of applying a filler to a laminated substrate having a first substrate and a second substrate bonded to each other, comprising:

applying a first filler to a gap between an edge portion of the bonded first substrate constituting the laminated substrate and an edge portion of the bonded second substrate constituting the laminated substrate;

applying a second filler to the gap after applying of the first filler, a viscosity of the first filler being lower than a viscosity of the second filler; and

applying a third filler to the gap after applying of the second filler, a viscosity of the third filler being higher than the viscosity of the second filler.

10 . The substrate processing method according to claim 8 , further comprising curing the second filler after applying of the second filler,

wherein applying of the third filler is performed after curing of the second filler.

11 . The substrate processing method according to claim 8 , wherein a radial width of the applied second filler is larger than a radial width of the applied third filler.

12 . A substrate processing method of applying a filler to a laminated substrate having a first substrate and a second substrate bonded to each other, comprising:

applying a first filler to a gap between an edge portion of the bonded first substrate constituting the laminated substrate and an edge portion of the bonded second substrate constituting the laminated substrate;

applying a second filler to the gap after applying of the first filler; and

post-processing for the laminated substrate after applying of the second filler,

wherein the second filler has chemical resistance that does not allow the second filler to be dissolved by a processing liquid for use in the post-processing.

13 . The substrate processing method according to claim 12 , further comprising curing the first filler after applying of the first filler,

wherein applying of the second filler is performed after curing of the first filler.

14 . The substrate processing method according to claim 12 , wherein the first filler contains particles, and a diameter of each of the particles is 1 μm or less.

15 . The substrate processing method according to claim 12 , wherein the first filler does not contain particles.

16 . The substrate processing method according to claim 1 , wherein applying of the first filler and applying of the second filler are performed while the laminated substrate held in a vertical posture is rotated.

17 . The substrate processing method according to claim 8 , wherein applying of the third filler is performed while the laminated substrate held in a vertical posture is rotated.

18 . The substrate processing method according to claim 12 , wherein applying of the first filler and applying of the second filler are performed while the laminated substrate held in a vertical posture is rotated.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 27, 2024
From: SATAKE, MASAYUKI; NAKANISHI, MASAYUKI
To: EBARA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 066573/0849 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2021-142273 · Sep 1, 2021 · national
JP 2022-104232 · Jun 29, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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