IP Library Granted Patent US 7,875,528
Granted Patent B2
US 7,875,528 · App. 11/672,217 · Granted Jan 25, 2011

Method, system, program product for bonding two circuitry-including substrates and related stage

Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 7,875,528
App. No.
11/672,217
Filed
Feb 7, 2007
Granted
Jan 25, 2011
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2895
USPC
438/455
Abstract

A method, system and program product for bonding two circuitry-including semiconductor substrates, and a related stage, are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of bonding two circuitry-including substrates includes: providing a first stage for holding a first circuitry-including substrate and a second stage for holding a second circuitry-including substrate; identifying an alignment mark on each substrate; determining a location and a topography of each alignment mark using laser diffraction; creating an alignment model for each substrate based on the location and topography the alignment mark thereon; and bonding the first and second circuitry-including substrates together while aligning the first and second substrate based on the alignment model.

Claims (11)

1. A method of bonding two circuitry-including substrates, the method comprising:

providing a first stage for holding a first circuitry-including substrate and a second stage for holding a second circuitry-including substrate;

identifying an alignment mark on each substrate;

determining a location and a topography of each alignment mark on each substrate, wherein the location and the topography are determined using laser diffraction;

creating an alignment model for each substrate based on the location and topography of the alignment mark thereon; and

bonding the first and second circuitry-including substrates together while aligning the first and second substrates based on the alignment model, wherein the bonding includes thermally adjusting at least one of a plurality of zones on at least one of the substrates based on the topography.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the thermally adjusting includes correcting for at least one of a local error and a substrate bow.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the providing includes providing each stage with a plurality of thermal actuators.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the alignment model incorporates translation data, rotation data, magnification data and substrate bow data.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the plurality of thermal actuators each includes at least one of a Peltier element and a resistive element.

6. The method of claim 3 , wherein the providing further includes providing each stage with a plurality of piezoelectric devices, each piezoelectric device including an actuator and a sensor, and the bonding further includes mechanically adjusting at least one of the substrates using the actuator of the piezoelectric device.

Assignments (6)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 12, 2021
From: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. INC.
Reel/Frame 056987/0001 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 20, 2020
From: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
Reel/Frame 054636/0001 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Nov 29, 2018
From: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 049490/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 5, 2015
From: GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. 2 LLC; GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. INC.
To: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
Reel/Frame 036779/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 3, 2015
From: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
To: GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. 2 LLC
Reel/Frame 036550/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 12, 2007
From: LA TULIPE JR., DOUGLAS C.; STEEN, STEVEN E.; TOPOL, ANNA W.
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 018878/0460 →
Continuity (1)
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