Controlled cleavage system using pressurized fluid
First Claim
1. A system for forming a substrate structure, said system comprising:
- a chamber housing;
a substrate including a cleaving region at a selected depth underneath a surface of said substrate, said cleaving region at said selected depth defining a substrate material to be removed above said selected depth;
sealing members disposed about a periphery of said substrate and configured to define with the chamber housing a sealed chamber portion; and
a fluid source disposed adjacent to said substrate and in fluid communication with said sealed chamber portion, said fluid source being arranged to apply pressure to a selected region of said substrate to initiate a controlled cleaving action at said selected depth in said substrate.
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Abstract
A technique for forming a film of material (12) from a donor substrate (10). The technique has a step of introducing energetic particles (22) in a selected manner through a surface of a donor substrate (10) to a selected depth (20) underneath the surface, where the particles have a relatively high concentration to define a donor substrate material (12) above the selected depth and the particles for a pattern at the selected depth. An energy source such as pressurized fluid is directed to a selected region of the donor substrate to initiate a controlled cleaving action of the substrate (10) at the selected depth (20), whereupon the cleaving action provides an expanding cleave front to free the donor material from a remaining portion of the donor substrate.
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28 Claims
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1. A system for forming a substrate structure, said system comprising:
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a chamber housing; a substrate including a cleaving region at a selected depth underneath a surface of said substrate, said cleaving region at said selected depth defining a substrate material to be removed above said selected depth; sealing members disposed about a periphery of said substrate and configured to define with the chamber housing a sealed chamber portion; and a fluid source disposed adjacent to said substrate and in fluid communication with said sealed chamber portion, said fluid source being arranged to apply pressure to a selected region of said substrate to initiate a controlled cleaving action at said selected depth in said substrate. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A system for forming a multilayered substrate, said system comprising:
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a chamber housing; a multilayered substrate, said substrate comprising a substrate portion having a plurality of particles being at a concentration at a selected depth to define a substrate material to be removed above said selected depth; sealing members disposed about a periphery of said substrate and configured to define with the chamber housing a sealed chamber portion; and a fluid source in fluid communication with said sealed chamber portion and disposed adjacent to said substrate, said fluid source being applied to a selected region of said substrate to initiate a controlled cleaving action at said selected depth in said substrate, whereupon said cleaving action is made using a propagating cleave front to free a portion of said material to be removed from said substrate. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28)
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