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Bonded silicon, components and a method of fabricating the same

  • US 20060037994A1
  • Filed: 08/19/2004
  • Published: 02/23/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/19/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of fabricating a heat pipe housing made of silicon, the method comprising the steps of:

  • providing a material that forms a eutectic with silicon at a temperature below the melting point of silicon;

    sandwiching a layer of the material between two silicon surfaces of two pieces of a heat pipe housing; and

    heating the sandwiched layer of the material and the two silicon surfaces to a temperature between the eutectic temperature and the melting point of silicon, and maintaining the sandwiched layer of material and the two silicon surfaces between the eutectic temperature and the melting point of silicon until the material and the silicon diffuse into each other to produce a bond joint between the two pieces.

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