Laser Bonding for Stacking Semiconductor Substrates
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1. A method of forming a semiconductor device, the method comprising:
- forming a trench in a first substrate;
forming a bond pad on a second substrate comprising active circuitry, a top surface of the bond pad comprising a first material;
aligning the first substrate over the second substrate, wherein the trench is aligned over the bond pad; and
directing a radiative beam into the trench to form a bond between the first material on the bond pad and a second material at a bottom surface of the first substrate.
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Abstract
Methods and structures using laser bonding for stacking semiconductor substrates are described. In one embodiment, a method of forming a semiconductor device includes forming a trench in a first substrate, and a bond pad on a second substrate comprising active circuitry. A top surface of the bond pad includes a first material. The first substrate is aligned over the second substrate to align the trench over the bond pad. An electromagnetic beam is directed into the trench to form a bond between the first material on the bond pad and a second material at a bottom surface of the first substrate.
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1. A method of forming a semiconductor device, the method comprising:
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forming a trench in a first substrate; forming a bond pad on a second substrate comprising active circuitry, a top surface of the bond pad comprising a first material; aligning the first substrate over the second substrate, wherein the trench is aligned over the bond pad; and directing a radiative beam into the trench to form a bond between the first material on the bond pad and a second material at a bottom surface of the first substrate. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of forming a semiconductor device, the method comprising:
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forming a first row and a second row of vias in a first substrate; forming first and a second row of bond pads on a second substrate comprising active circuitry; aligning the first substrate over the second substrate, wherein the first row of vias are aligned over the first row of bond pads, and wherein the second row of vias are aligned over the second row of bond pads; and directing a photon beam over the first and second rows of vias to form a conductive bond between a first material on the bond pads and a second material at a bottom surface of the first row and the second row of vias. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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