Abstract:
The inventive merit of the present interposer is that it is possible to taylor the coefficient of thermal expansion CTE of the interposer to match components to be attached thereto within very wide ranges. The invention relates to a emiconductor interposer, comprising a substrate (10) of a semiconductor material having a first side (FS) and an opposite second side (BS). There is at least one conductive wafer- through via (18, 28, 27) comprising metal (27). At least one recess (20)is provided in the first side of the substrate (10) and in the semiconductor material of the substrate, the recess being filled with metal and connected with the wafer-through via providing a routing structure (20). The exposed surfaces of the metal filled via and the metal filled recess (18, 27) are essentially flush with the substrate surface on the first side of the substrate. The wafer-through via (18, 28, 27) comprises a narrow part (18) and a wider part (27), and there are provided contact elements on said routing structure (20) having an aspect ratio, height:diameter,
Abstract:
The invention relates to a semiconductor structure, comprising a substrate (10) of a semiconductor material having a first side (FS) and an opposite second side (BS). There is at least one conductive wafer-through via (V) comprising metal, and at least one recess (RDL) provided in the first side of the substrate and in the semiconductor material of the substrate. The recess is filled with metal (27) and seamlessly connected with the wafer-through via. The exposed surfaces of the metal filled via and the metal filled recess are essentially flush with the substrate surface on the first side of the substrate. There is also provide an interposer comprising the above structure, further comprising contacts for attaching circuit boards and integrated circuits on opposite sides of the interposer. A method of making the structure is also provided.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a sealing and bonding material structure for joining semiconductor wafers having monolithically integrated components. The sealing and bonding material are provided in strips forming closed loops. There are provided at least two concentric sealing strips on one wafer. The strips are laid out so as to surround the component(s) on the wafers to be sealed off when wafers are bonded together. The material in said strips is a material bonding said semiconductor wafers together and sealing off the monolithically integrated components when subjected to force and optionally heating. The invention also provides a monolithically integrated electrical and/or mechanical and/or fluidic and/or optical device comprising a first substrate and a second substrate, bonded together with a sealing and bonding structure according to the invention. A method comprises providing a sealing and bonding material structure according to the invention on at least one of two wafers and applying a force and optionally heat to the wafers to join them.
Abstract:
The invention relates in one aspect to a method of micro-packaging a component. At least a first and a second semi-conductor substrate are provided, one of which has electrical through connections (vias). A depression in either one of said substrates or in both is etched. A component is provided above vias and connected thereto. The substrates are joined to form a sealed package. The invention also relates to a micro-packaged electronic or micromechanic device, comprising a thin-walled casing of a semi-conductor material having electrical through connections through the bottom of the casing. An electronic or micromechanic component is attached to said electrical through connections, and the package is hermetically sealed for maintaining a desired atmosphere, suitably vacuum inside the box.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a new method of providing different and controlled atmospheres inside cavities on one and the same chip of a MEMS device. With the new method one can refrain from providing separate getter materials, and thereby the manufacturing is simplified. The method comprises providing a first substrate (20) and a second substrate (28) and making at least one depression (22', 22'') in at least one of the substrates(20). A structural component (26) is provided in or on a surface of at least one of the substrates, said structure containing entrapped, absorbed or adsorbed ions, molecules or atoms of a gas. The substrates are bonded together such that a cavity forms and becomes hermetically sealed. The obtained structure is subjected to conditions so as to release the implanted, absorbed or adsorbed gas atoms, ions or molecules from the substrate to provide said controlled atmosphere inside the cavity.
Abstract:
The invention relates to methods of making a substrate-through metal via having a high aspect ratio, in a semiconductor substrate, and a metal pattern on the substrate surface. It comprises providing a semiconductor substrate (wafer) and depositing poly-silicon on the substrate. The the poly-silicon on the substrate surface is patterned by etching away unwanted portions. Then, Ni is selectiveley deposited on the poly-silicon by an electroless process. A via hole is made through the substrate, wherein the walls in the hole is subjected to the same processing as above. Cu is deposited Cu on the Ni by a plating process. Line widths and spacings
Abstract:
The application discloses a method of providing a metal coating on a substrate (10), and electrically insulating sections/parts of the metal coated substrate from each other. A substrate is provided with an insulating material in the substrate, said insulating first material extending through the thickness of the substrate and protruding above one surface of the substrate. It forms an enclosed section/portion (14) of the substrate. A protective structure (15) is provided on the insulating material such that it covers the entire circumference thereof. The insulating material is selectively etched to create an under-etch (18) under said protective structure. Finally conductive material (19) is deposited to provide a metal coating over the substrate, whereby the underetch will provide a disruption in the deposited metal coating, thereby electrically insulating the enclosed section from the surrounding substrate.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a substrate-through electrical connection (10) for connecting components on opposite sides of a substrate, and a method for making same. The connection comprises a substrate-through via made from substrate material (10). There is a trench (11) provided surrounding said via, the walls of said trench being coated with a layer of insulating material (12) and the trench (11) is filled with conductive or semi-conductive material (13). A doping region (15) for threshold voltage adjustment is provided in the via material in the surface of the inner trench wall between insulating material (12) and the material (10) in the via. There are contacts (17, 17) to the via on opposite sides of the substrate, and a contact (18) to the conductive material (13) in the trench (11) so as to enable the application of a voltage to the conductive material (13).
Abstract:
The invention relates to a sealing and bonding material structure for joining semiconductor wafers having monolithically integrated components. The sealing and bonding material are provided in strips forming closed loops. There are provided at least two concentric sealing strips on one wafer. The strips are laid out so as to surround the component(s) on the wafers to be sealed off when wafers are bonded together. The material in said strips is a material bonding said semiconductor wafers together and sealing off the monolithically integrated components when subjected to force and optionally heating. The invention also provides a monolithically integrated electrical and/or mechanical and/or fluidic and/or optical device comprising a first substrate and a second substrate, bonded together with a sealing and bonding structure according to the invention. A method comprises providing a sealing and bonding material structure according to the invention on at least one of two wafers and applying a force and optionally heat to the wafers to join them.
Abstract:
The invention relates in a general aspect to a method of making vertically protruding elements on a substrate, said elements having a tip comprising at least one inclined surface and an elongated body portion extending between said substrate and said tip. The method comprises an anisotropic, crystal plane dependent etch forming said inclined surface(s); and an anisotropic, non crystal plane dependent etch forming said elongated body portion; combined with suitable patterning processes defining said protruding elements to have a predetermined base geometry.