IP Library Granted Patent US 9,058,974
Granted Patent B2
US 9,058,974 · App. 13/908,510 · Granted Jun 16, 2015

Distorting donor wafer to corresponding distortion of host wafer

Inventors: Wei Lin (Albany, NY); Spyridon Skordas (Wappingers Falls, NY); Tuan A. Vo (Albany, NY)
Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
H01L21/02035B32B38/1825Y10T156/17B32B38/0012B32B2457/14
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Patent No.
US 9,058,974
App. No.
13/908,510
Granted
Jun 16, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

Improving wafer-to-wafer bonding alignment. Determining planar distortions of the bonding surface of a host wafer. Mounting a donor wafer on a bonding chuck by a plurality of fixation points, the bonding chuck including multiple zones capable of movement relative to each other. Distorting the bonding surface of the donor wafer by moving the zones of the bonding chuck relative to each other to cause distortions of the bonding surface of the donor wafer such that the distortions of the donor wafer bonding surface correspond to the determined planar distortions of the host wafer bonding surface.

Claims (11)

1. A method comprising:

determining planar distortions of the bonding surface of a host wafer;

mounting a donor wafer on a bonding chuck by a plurality of fixation points, the bonding chuck comprising multiple zones capable of movement relative to each other; and

distorting the bonding surface of the donor wafer by moving the zones of the bonding chuck relative to each other to cause distortions of the bonding surface of the donor wafer such that the distortions of the donor wafer bonding surface correspond to the determined planar distortions of the host wafer bonding surface.

2. A method in accordance with claim 1 , further comprising bonding the donor wafer and the host wafer after the step of distorting the donor wafer bonding surface.

3. A method in accordance with claim 1 , wherein determining the planar distortions of the bonding surface of a host wafer comprises determining the positions of a plurality of distortion markers in the host wafer.

4. A method in accordance with claim 3 , wherein each distortion marker is one of: a location on an alignment mark in the host wafer; and a location on a structure in the host wafer.

5. A method in accordance with claim 1 , wherein:

the planar distortions of the bonding surface of the host wafer include distortions in the outwardly radial direction; and

the multiple zones comprise a central circular zone and one or more contiguous circular annular zones.

6. A method in accordance with claim 1 , wherein distorting the bonding surface of the donor wafer is based on one or more of: the degree to which a surface deformation is elastic; the degree to which a surface deformation is plastic; and hysteresis effects in the time it takes for elastic deformations of the donor wafer surface to recover.

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 Jun 3, 2013
From: LIN, WEI; SKORDAS, SPYRIDON; VO, TUAN A.
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 030534/0578 →
Continuity (1)
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