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US 11,107,973 · App. 17/097,563 · Granted Aug 31, 2021

Joined body of piezoelectric single-crystal substrate and support substrate

Inventors: Tomoyoshi Tai (Inazawa, JP); Ryosuke Hattori (Ichinomiya, JP)
Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
H01L41/312H01L41/081H01L41/1873
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Patent No.
US 11,107,973
App. No.
17/097,563
Granted
Aug 31, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A bonded body includes a supporting substrate; a piezoelectric single crystal substrate composed of a material selected from the group consisting of lithium niobate, lithium tantalate and lithium niobate-lithium tantalate; and an amorphous layer present between the supporting substrate and piezoelectric material substrate, and the amorphous layer contains one or more metal atoms selected from the group consisting of niobium and tantalum, an atom constituting the supporting substrate, and an argon atom. A concentration of the argon atom in a central part of the amorphous layer is higher than a concentration of the argon atom in a peripheral part of the amorphous layer.

Claims (8)

1. A bonded body comprising:

a supporting substrate;

a piezoelectric single crystal substrate comprising a material selected from the group consisting of lithium niobate, lithium tantalate and lithium niobate-lithium tantalate; and

an amorphous layer present between said supporting substrate and said piezoelectric single crystal substrate, said amorphous layer comprising one or more metal atoms selected from the group consisting of niobium and tantalum, an atom constituting said supporting substrate, and an argon atom,

wherein a concentration of said argon atom in a central part of said amorphous layer viewed in a plan view to a thickness direction of said piezoelectric single crystal substrate is higher than a concentration of said argon atom in a peripheral part of said amorphous layer viewed in the plan view to the thickness direction of said piezoelectric single crystal substrate.

2. The bonded body of claim 1 , wherein a thickness of said central part of said amorphous layer is larger than a thickness of said peripheral part of said amorphous layer.

3. The bonded body of claim 1 , wherein said supporting substrate comprises silicon.

4. The bonded body of claim 1 , wherein said piezoelectric single crystal substrate has a thickness of 50 μm or smaller.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 13, 2020
From: TAI, TOMOYOSHI; HATTORI, RYOSUKE
To: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 054363/0792 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-095260 · May 17, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2019004999 · Feb 13, 2019
Related Publication 20210066577A1 · Mar 4, 2021
Cited By (1)
US 12,539,690