TW201703961A - Method of forming vertical crack of brittle material substrate and dividing method of brittle material substrate capable of forming a vertical crack at the predetermined breaking position - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provides a method of forming a vertical crack with high certainty on the brittle substrate. The method of forming a vertical crack on the brittle substrate comprises: a trench-line forming step of forming a trench-line as a line-like groove portion at a main surface; and an assistant line forming step of forming an assistant line intersecting the trench-line by enabling the scribing roller to press and roll, and an outer periphery portion of the scribing roller having an blade front end; in the trench-line forming step, forming the trench-line by a way of retaining crackles state at a lower side; in the assistant line forming step, forming the assistant line under the state of enabling the scribing roller with an established angle of inclination from a moving direction of formation relative to the assistant line in the water level surface; and taking the intersection of the trench-line and the assistant line as a starting point to produce an extension of the vertical line starting from the trench line.

Description

Method for forming vertical crack of brittle material substrate and method for breaking brittle material substrate

The present invention relates to a method for breaking a substrate of a brittle material, and more particularly to a method of forming a vertical crack when the brittle material substrate is broken.

The manufacturing procedure of a flat display panel or a solar cell panel generally includes a step of dividing a substrate (mother substrate) made of a brittle material such as a glass substrate, a ceramic substrate, or a semiconductor substrate. In this breaking, the following method is widely used, that is, a scribing tool is formed on the surface of the substrate by using a scoring tool such as a diamond tip (diamond knife) or a cutter wheel to cause a crack (vertical crack) from the score line to the substrate Stretch in the thickness direction. When the scribe line is formed, although the vertical crack is completely extended in the thickness direction to break the substrate, there is a case where the vertical crack is locally extended only in the thickness direction. In the latter case, after the scribe line is formed, stress application called a cleavage step is performed. The vertical crack is completely extended in the thickness direction by the breaking step, whereby the substrate is broken along the scribe line.

As a method of forming a vertical crack by forming a scribe line, there is a known method of forming a linear processing mark which is also referred to as an auxiliary line as a starting point (trigger) when a vertical crack is stretched (for example, reference) Patent Document 1).

Patent Document 1: Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 2015-74145

For example, the technique using the auxiliary line disclosed in Patent Document 1 has the advantage that it can be used to form a cutter wheel or a diamond when forming a scribe line for breaking, compared with a technique that does not utilize the same. The force (impact) applied to the substrate by the scoring tool such as a sharp point is set small. For example, even if a weak force (load) that makes vertical cracks difficult to stretch acts to form a score line, the vertical crack can be appropriately extended from the score line with the auxiliary line as a trigger.

However, in particular, in the case where the breaking of the brittle material substrate is performed in the manufacturing step of the mass product, in the case where high yield (definite breaking) is required, the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1 is directed to the auxiliary line as a starting point. The extension of the vertical crack does not necessarily guarantee its reliability (reliability).

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide a method capable of forming a vertical crack with high certainty at a predetermined breaking position of a brittle material substrate.

In order to solve the above problems, the invention of claim 1 is a method for forming a vertical crack at a breaking position when the brittle material substrate is divided in the thickness direction, and is characterized in that the groove line forming step is performed on the brittle material. a groove line forming a linear groove portion on one main surface of the substrate; and an auxiliary line forming step of forming an auxiliary line of the processing mark intersecting the groove line by pressing the scribing wheel on the one main surface The scribing wheel has a blade tip end on the entire circumference of the outer peripheral portion; in the groove line forming step, the groove line is formed to maintain a crack-free state below the groove line; in the auxiliary line forming step, Forming the auxiliary line in a state in which the marking wheel is inclined at a predetermined inclination angle with respect to a direction in which the auxiliary line is formed in the horizontal plane; starting from a point of intersection of the groove line and the auxiliary line, causing a vertical crack from the groove The wire extends in the thickness direction of the brittle material substrate.

The invention of claim 2 is the method for forming a vertical crack of a brittle material substrate according to claim 1, wherein in the auxiliary line forming step, an auxiliary line is generated in a side region of the auxiliary line. The crack is offset from the auxiliary line toward the inside of the brittle material substrate, and the position at which the groove line and the auxiliary line are formed is determined such that the auxiliary crack is located on the side of the predetermined extension direction of the vertical crack on the groove line.

According to a third aspect of the invention, in the method of forming a vertical crack of the brittle material substrate according to the second aspect of the invention, the method of forming the vertical crack in the groove line on the groove line intersects the groove line Auxiliary line.

The invention of claim 4 is the method for forming a vertical crack of a brittle material substrate according to claim 2 or claim 3, wherein in the auxiliary line forming step, the front side of the direction of travel of the scoring wheel is in a horizontal plane from the The formation direction of the auxiliary line is inclined toward the predetermined extension direction side of the vertical crack on the groove line.

The method of forming a vertical crack of a brittle material substrate according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the inclination angle is 1.0° or more and 5.0° or less.

The invention of claim 6 is the method for forming a vertical crack of the brittle material substrate according to claim 5, wherein the inclination angle is 2.5° or more and 5.0° or less.

The invention of claim 7 is the method for forming a vertical crack of a brittle material substrate according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the auxiliary line is formed after the groove line is formed.

The invention of claim 8 is a method for dividing a brittle material substrate in a thickness direction, comprising: a vertical crack forming step, and a method of forming a vertical crack according to any one of claims 1 to 7. Forming a vertical crack on the brittle material substrate; and a cracking step of breaking the brittle material substrate along the vertical crack.

According to the inventions of claim 1 to claim 8, since the vertical crack can be stretched with high certainty at a predetermined breaking position of the brittle material substrate, the brittle material substrate can be reliably separated at the breaking position.

1‧‧‧ platform

2‧‧‧Scratch

50, 150‧‧‧ scribing tools

51‧‧‧Scratch

52‧‧ ‧ sales

53‧‧‧Holding

100‧‧‧ scoring device

151‧‧‧Diamond Point

152‧‧‧ handle

Starting point of A1‧‧‧ (auxiliary line AL)

A2‧‧‧ (Auxiliary line AL) end point

AC‧‧‧Auxiliary crack

AL‧‧‧Auxiliary line

AX‧‧‧Axis Center

C‧‧‧ (the intersection of the groove line TL and the auxiliary line AL)

DP‧‧‧ scoring direction

PF‧‧‧ (marking wheel 51) blade front end

SF1‧‧‧ (brittle material substrate W) one main surface (top)

SF2‧‧‧ (the brittle material substrate W) the other main surface (below)

Starting point of T1‧‧‧ (groove line TL)

End point of T2‧‧‧ (groove line TL)

TL‧‧‧ trench line

VC‧‧‧ vertical crack

W‧‧‧Battery material substrate

Fig. 1 is a view schematically showing the configuration of the scribing device 100.

2 is a diagram showing the posture of the scoring wheel 51 in the scoring apparatus 100.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing the brittle material substrate W in a state in which the groove line TL is formed.

Fig. 4 is a view schematically showing the configuration of the diamond cusp 150 used in the formation of the groove line TL.

Figure 5 is a partial zx cross-sectional view of a vertical section including trench lines TL.

Fig. 6 is a plan view showing the brittle material substrate W in a state in which the auxiliary line AL is formed.

FIG. 7 is a plan view showing the brittle material substrate W in a state in which the vertical crack VC is formed in association with the formation of the auxiliary line AL.

FIG. 8 is a plan view showing the brittle material substrate W in a state in which the vertical crack VC is formed in association with the formation of the auxiliary line AL.

Figure 9 is a partial zx cross-sectional view of a vertical section including a groove line TL and a vertical crack VC.

Fig. 10 is a view showing a state in the vicinity of the auxiliary line AL when the vertical crack VC is formed.

Fig. 11 is a photographing example of the brittle material substrate W on which the auxiliary line AL is formed.

Fig. 12 is a partially enlarged image of the auxiliary line AL formed at different inclination angles θ.

Fig. 13 is a view showing the VC establishment rate with respect to the load applied when the auxiliary line AL is formed, for each of the inclination angles θ different from the first embodiment.

Fig. 14 is a view showing the VC establishment rate with respect to the load applied when the auxiliary line AL is formed, for each of the inclination angles θ of the second embodiment.

<scratching device>

Fig. 1 is a view schematically showing the configuration of a scribing device 100 used in an embodiment of the present invention. The scribing device 100 is generally used when the brittle material substrate W such as a glass substrate, a ceramic substrate, or a semiconductor substrate is divided in the thickness direction DT at a predetermined breaking position to reduce the size. In the embodiment, the scribing device 100 is mainly used for forming the auxiliary line AL (see FIG. 6 and the like) for extending the vertical crack at the breaking position on the main surface SF1 side of the brittle material substrate W. In the present embodiment, the auxiliary line AL is formed on the main surface SF1 so as to intersect the groove line TL (see FIG. 3 and the like) formed at the breaking position on the main surface SF1 side. A processing mark that serves as a starting point (trigger) when the vertical crack is stretched below the groove line TL. In addition, the groove line TL is a fine linear groove portion (concave portion) which is a position at which the vertical crack is formed next to the groove line TL. Details regarding the auxiliary line AL and the groove line TL will be described below.

The scribing device 100 mainly includes a stage 1 on which the brittle material substrate W is placed, and a scribing head 2 for holding the scribing tool 50.

The scribing device 100 includes one or both of a platform moving mechanism and a scoring head moving mechanism (not shown). By providing such a mechanism, in the scoring device 100, the scribing head 2 can hold the scribing tool 50 In the state, the platform 1 moves in the horizontal plane. Hereinafter, for simplification of description, when the scribing operation is performed, the scribing head 2 is moved relative to the stage 1 toward the scribing direction DP shown in FIG.

The scoring tool 50 is used to perform a tool for scribing the brittle material substrate W. The scoring tool 50 has a scoring wheel (cutter wheel) 51, a pin 52, and a holder 53.

The scribing wheel 51 has a disk shape (abacus bead shape), and has a blade tip end PF having a substantially triangular cross section (the ridge line and one of the ridge lines sandwiching the slanted surface) along the entire circumference of the outer circumference. The scoring wheel 51 typically has a diameter of a few mm. The pin 52 is vertically inserted into the position of the axis center AX of the scoring wheel 51. The holder 53 is held by the scribing head 2, and supports the pin 52 inserted through the scoring wheel 51 in such a manner that the scoring wheel 51 is rotatable about the axis center AX. That is, the holder 53 pivots the scribing wheel 51 integral with the pin 52 so as to be rotatable about the axis center AX. More specifically, the holder 53 supports the pin 52 horizontally so that the surface formed by the tip end PF (outer peripheral portion) of the scoring wheel 51 extends in the vertical direction.

The tip end PF is formed, for example, of a hard material such as a cemented carbide, a sintered diamond, a polycrystalline diamond, or a single crystal diamond. The scoring wheel 51 as a whole can also be made of a single crystal diamond from the viewpoint of making the surface roughness of the ridge line and the inclined surface small.

In the scribing device 100 having the above-described configuration, the scribing wheel 51 is press-contacted to one main surface of the brittle material substrate W that is horizontally placed and fixed on the stage 1 with the other main surface SF2 as a mounting surface (hereinafter In the state of SF1, the head 2 of the scribing tool 50 is moved to the scoring direction DP. As a result, the scribe wheel 51 that is in a state of being pressed against the brittle material substrate W is rolled around the axis center AX in a direction indicated by an arrow RT while the blade tip end PF slightly enters the brittle material substrate W. Thereby, plastic deformation along the moving direction of the scoring wheel 51 is generated on the upper surface SF1 of the brittle material substrate W by the pressure-contact rolling of the scribing wheel 51. In the present embodiment, the pressure rolling operation of the scribing wheel 51 caused by the plastic deformation is referred to as a scoring operation of the scoring wheel 51. Further, when the scribing wheel 51 is pressed against the upper surface SF1, the load applied to the brittle material substrate by the scribing wheel 51 can be adjusted by a load adjusting mechanism (not shown) provided in the scribing head 2.

2 is a view showing the posture (tilt) of the scoring wheel 51 in the scoring device 100. In the present embodiment, the scoring wheel DP is inclined in the clockwise direction with respect to the scoring direction DP in the state of being held by the scribing head 2 with the scribing direction DP as the reference direction. The angle θ at θ is defined as the inclination angle of the scoring wheel 51. The inclination angle θ is also the angle between the extending direction D1 of the orthogonal axis formed by the front end PF (ridge line) of the cutting wheel 51 and the orthogonal direction of the horizontal plane and the scribing direction DP.

In the present embodiment, as described above, when the brittle material substrate W is divided, the auxiliary line AL is formed, but the inclination angle θ at the time of forming the auxiliary line AL is intentionally set to a value larger than 0°. That is, the formation of the auxiliary line AL is performed in a state where the scribing wheel 51 is intentionally tilted from the scribing direction DP in the horizontal plane. Further, by determining the inclination angle θ in this aspect, the auxiliary line AL is formed to have inherent properties and states, and the details thereof will be described below.

Specifically, in the formation of the auxiliary line AL, the scribing device 100 having the inclination angle θ set in the range of 1.0° to 5.0° is used. Preferably, the inclination angle θ is set in the range of 2.5° to 5.0°.

Moreover, the inclination of the engraving wheel 51 can be realized by tilting the scribing head 2, or can be realized by changing the mounting angle of the scoring tool 50 with respect to the scribing head 2. Or it can be implemented in other ways.

<Formation order of vertical cracks>

Next, the procedure for forming vertical cracks at the breaking position by the auxiliary line AL in the present embodiment will be described. 3 to 9 are diagrams showing the state of the vertical crack formation in stages. Hereinafter, a case where a plurality of breaking positions (breaking lines) parallel to a pair of opposite sides are set in advance to the rectangular brittle material substrate W will be described as an example. Further, in each of the drawings, the mark is formed by the direction in which the auxiliary line AL is formed as the positive direction of the x-axis, the direction in which the groove line TL is formed as the positive direction of the y-axis, and the direction above the vertical line as the positive z-axis of the z-axis. .

First, the groove line TL is formed. Figure 3 is a view showing the shape of the groove line TL Top view of the brittle material substrate W (xy plan view). Fig. 4 is a view schematically showing the configuration of the scribing tool 150 used for forming the groove line TL. Figure 5 is a partial zx cross-sectional view of a vertical section including trench lines TL. The position where the groove line TL is formed in FIG. 3 corresponds to the breaking position when the brittle material substrate W is viewed from the upper surface SF1 side.

In the present embodiment, the scribing tool 150 having the diamond pointed point 151 is used to form the groove line TL. The diamond cusp 151 has, for example, a pyramid shape as shown in FIG. 4, and has a top surface SD1 (first surface) and a plurality of surfaces surrounding the top surface SD1. More specifically, as shown in FIG. 4( b ), the plurality of surfaces include a side surface SD2 (second surface) and a side surface SD3 (third surface). The top surface SD1, the side surfaces SD2, and the SD3 are oriented in mutually different directions and adjacent to each other. At the diamond cusp 151, the blade tip end PF2 is formed by the ridge line PS composed of the side faces SD2 and SD3 and the apex PP where the three faces of the top face SD1, the side faces SD2 and SD3 intersect. As shown in FIG. 4(a), the diamond cusp 151 is held on one end side of the rod-shaped (columnar) shank 152 in such a manner that the top surface SD1 becomes the lowermost end portion.

In the case where the scribing tool 150 is used, as shown in FIG. 4(a), the state in which the axial direction AX2 of the shank 152 is inclined from the vertical direction toward the front of the moving direction DA (the positive direction of the y-axis) is a state of a predetermined angle, that is, The posture of the top surface SD1 toward the rear of the movement direction DA (negative direction of the y-axis) causes the diamond pointed point 151 to abut against the upper surface SF1 of the brittle material substrate W. Then, while the contact state is maintained, the scribing tool 150 is moved forward in the moving direction DA, whereby the tip end PF2 of the diamond tip 151 is slid. Thereby, plastic deformation along the moving direction DA of the diamond tip 151 is generated. In the present embodiment, the sliding operation of the diamond cusp 151 caused by the plastic deformation is also referred to as the scoring operation of the diamond cusp 151.

As shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 5, the groove line TL is a fine linear groove portion formed on the upper surface SF1 of the brittle material substrate W so as to extend in the y-axis direction. The groove line TL is In a state where the posture of the scribing tool 150 is symmetrical with respect to the moving direction DA, the diamond pointed point 151 is slid to be plastically deformed on the upper surface SF1 of the brittle material substrate W. At this time, as schematically shown in FIG. 5, the groove line TL is formed as a groove portion having a line symmetry in a shape substantially perpendicular to the extending direction thereof.

As shown in FIG. 3, the groove line TL is formed at a breaking position defined by the upper surface SF1 of the brittle material substrate W, and is formed from the starting point T1 to the end point T2 in the positive direction of the y-axis indicated by the arrow AR1. Hereinafter, the range relatively close to the starting point T1 in the groove line TL is referred to as the upstream side, and the range relatively close to the end point T2 is referred to as the downstream side.

In addition, in FIG. 3, the starting point T1 and the end point T2 of the groove line TL are set to a position slightly away from the end of the brittle material substrate W, but this is not an essential aspect, and may be used as a breaking object. One or both of them are set to the end position of the brittle material substrate W as appropriate, such as the type of the brittle material substrate W or the use of the single piece after the division. However, the case where the starting point T1 is provided at the end portion of the brittle material substrate W is compared with the case where the position slightly away from the end portion as the starting point T1 is illustrated as shown in FIG. 3, since it is applied to the scribing tool 150. Since the impact of the front end PF2 becomes large, it is necessary to pay attention to the viewpoint of the life of the front end PF2 and the occurrence of an unexpected vertical crack.

In addition, the formation of the groove lines TL of the plurality of breaking positions may be sequentially formed by using the scribing tool 150 in a processing device (not shown) having a scribing tool 150, or may be a plurality of The trench lines TL form a pattern in which the processing devices are simultaneously formed in parallel.

When the trench line TL is formed, the formation of the trench line TL can be surely performed, but the vertical crack from the trench line TL does not occur in the thickness direction DT of the brittle material substrate W. In the manner of setting, the load applied by the scribing tool 150 is set (corresponding to the force of pressing the scribing tool 150 from the upper side into the upper surface SF1 of the brittle material substrate W) (Fig. 5).

In other words, the formation of the groove line TL is performed in a state in which the brittle material substrate W is continuously connected in the direction intersecting the groove line TL (no crack state) under the groove line TL. Further, when the groove line TL is formed as described above, the internal stress is left as a result of plastic deformation in the vicinity of the groove line TL of the brittle material substrate W (in the range of approximately 5 μm to 10 μm from the groove line TL). .

The formation of the groove line TL is achieved, for example, by setting the load applied by the scoring tool 150 to a value smaller than when the same scoring tool 150 is used to form a scribe line accompanying vertical crack extension.

In the crack-free state, even if the groove line TL is formed, there is no extension of the vertical crack from the groove line TL, so even if a bending moment is applied to the brittle material substrate W, compared with the case where the vertical crack is formed It is also difficult to generate a break along the groove line TL.

After the groove line TL is formed, the auxiliary line AL is formed by the scribing device 100 having the scoring tool 50 having the inclination angle θ set to the range of 1.0° to 5.0° (preferably, the range of 2.5° to 5.0°). Fig. 6 is a plan view showing the brittle material substrate W in a state in which the auxiliary line AL is formed. FIGS. 7 and 8 are plan views showing the brittle material substrate W in a state in which the vertical crack VC is formed along with the formation of the auxiliary line AL. Figure 9 is a partial zx cross-sectional view of a vertical section including a groove line TL and a vertical crack VC.

In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6, the auxiliary line AL is in the positive x-axis direction (which is orthogonal to the groove line TL) indicated by an arrow AR2 in the vicinity of the downstream side of the groove line TL. By SF1 above the brittle material substrate W in the range from the starting point A1 to the end point A2 A processing mark formed by plastic deformation.

More specifically, the formation of the auxiliary line AL is performed in such a manner that the formation traveling direction of the auxiliary line AL indicated by the arrow AR2 coincides with the scribe direction DP (the positive direction of the x-axis). Therefore, the formation of the auxiliary line AL is performed in a state in which the forward direction of the scribing wheel 51 is inclined forward to the y-axis negative direction side on the upstream side of the auxiliary line AL forming position.

At this time, in a state where the scribing wheel 51 is pressed against the upper surface SF1 of the brittle material substrate W, the scribing head 2 is moved in the scoring direction DP, and thus the rolling of the scribing wheel 51 is generated. However, since the inclination angle θ is not 0°, one of the blade front end PFs is formed to have a different force against the inclined surface. Specifically, the scribing wheel 51 is moved in the scoring direction DP from the slanting surface facing the y-axis positive direction from the brittle material substrate W to a greater resistance against the inclined surface in the negative direction of the y-axis. Therefore, the auxiliary line AL forms a processing mark (see FIG. 12) having a wider width when the inclination angle θ is larger, and the cross-sectional shape thereof is asymmetrical. Further, the formation of the auxiliary line AL is also not intended to extend the vertical crack immediately below the groove line TL. Therefore, the load applied by the row wheel 51 at the time of forming the auxiliary line AL may be It is set to a smaller value than when the same scribing wheel 51 is used to form a scribing line with a vertical crack extension.

When the formation of the auxiliary line AL as described above is performed under the condition that the load applied by the scribing wheel 51 is equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold, when the auxiliary line AL intersects the groove line TL, as shown by an arrow AR3 in FIG. From the position of the intersection C with each groove line TL toward the predetermined extension direction of the vertical crack VC (if the case of FIG. 7 is the upstream side of the groove line TL), the slaves as shown in FIG. 9 are sequentially generated. The groove line TL is stretched toward the vertical crack VC in the thickness direction DT of the brittle material substrate W.

Finally, as shown in Figure 8, at all the break positions, the groove line TL is generated. The extension of the vertical crack VC. In other words, in the formation of the auxiliary line AL (the auxiliary line AL is a trigger), the groove line TL is formed, but the breaking position of the brittle material substrate W in the crack-free state is formed, and the groove is formed. The vertical crack VC extending from the groove line TL.

This is because the vertical crack VC generated immediately below the groove line TL has a property of extending toward the top surface SD1 side in the case where the groove line TL is formed using the scribing tool 150 having the diamond cusp 151. That is, the vertical crack VC generated in the vicinity of the auxiliary line AL has a property of stretching in a specific direction. In the present embodiment in which the groove line TL is formed in a state in which the top surface SD1 of the diamond apex is disposed on the upstream side of the groove line TL, after the auxiliary line AL is formed, the vertical crack VC is formed on the upstream side of the groove line TL. Although it stretches, it is difficult to stretch in the opposite direction.

The brittle material substrate W having the vertical crack VC formed at the breaking position in this manner is sent to a predetermined breaking device (not shown). In the breaking device, a bending moment is applied to the brittle material substrate W by a so-called three-point bending or four-point bending method, thereby performing a cracking step of stretching the vertical crack VC to the lower surface SF2 of the brittle material substrate W. . Through the breaking step, the brittle material substrate W is divided at the breaking position.

As in the case of the above sequence, since the formation of the groove line TL of the breaking position is not accompanied by the stretching of the vertical crack VC, the breaking position is scribed in a manner of forming a vertical crack simultaneously with the formation of the conventional scribe line. In contrast, there is an advantage that the load applied by the scoring tool 50 can be reduced. This advantage contributes to the longevity of the scoring tool 50 used in the breaking of the breaking position.

<Details of vertical crack stretching>

Fig. 10 is a view showing a state in the vicinity of the auxiliary line AL when the auxiliary line AL is formed to form the vertical crack VC after the formation of the succeeding groove line TL. In addition, Figure 11 is formed with assistance. A photographing example of the brittle material substrate W of the line AL.

As shown in FIG. 10(a), when the auxiliary line AL is formed in the scribe direction DP, that is, the positive direction of the x-axis (the direction perpendicular to the y-axis), the entire position is formed in the interior of the brittle material substrate W, and the auxiliary line In the lateral region of the negative side of the y-axis direction of AL (the lower side of the auxiliary line AL in Fig. 10), an infinite number of cracks, i.e., auxiliary cracks AC, starting from the auxiliary line AL are randomly generated. This can also be confirmed from, for example, FIG. 11(b) for observing the cross section of the brittle material substrate W. In addition, in FIG. 11(a) for observing the above SF1, in addition to the confirmation of the auxiliary line AL, in the region RE below the auxiliary line AL surrounded by the closed curve, in the interior of the brittle material substrate W, the line-shaped continuous auxiliary crack AC Slightly through.

More specifically, the auxiliary crack AC is substantially generated by the arbitrary position of the auxiliary line AL as a starting point, and the conventional (+x, -y, -z) direction is extended. Roughly speaking, in the case where the upper surface SF1 is viewed in a plan view, the y-axis negative direction of the auxiliary line AL is in the range of about several tens of μm from the auxiliary line AL. Although not shown in FIG. 10, the formation of the auxiliary crack AC is a phenomenon that occurs at a high probability. Therefore, although the ratio is small, the auxiliary crack AC is generated in other ranges.

Since the offset of the auxiliary crack AC is generated in the entire area of the auxiliary line AL, the auxiliary crack AC is also generated with a high probability in the vicinity of the intersection of the auxiliary line AL and the groove line TL. As described above, since the internal stress is left in the vicinity of the groove line TL, when the auxiliary line AL is formed in such a manner that the auxiliary crack AC is formed on the predetermined extension direction side of the vertical crack VC, the auxiliary crack AC reaches the residual internal stress. In the region where it exists, the residual internal stress near the groove line TL is released. As a result, as shown by an arrow AR4 in Fig. 10(b), the vertical direction toward the vertical crack VC (in the present embodiment, the upstream side of the groove line TL), the vertical direction from the groove line TL is generated. The extension of the crack VC. In the above, the vertical crack is generated by the method of the above embodiment. Details of the stretch of the VC.

Further, in the method of the present embodiment, the auxiliary line AL is formed by using the scribing wheel 51 which is intentionally inclined by setting the inclination angle θ to 1.0° to 5.0° (preferably 2.5° to 5.0°) as described above. The plurality of auxiliary cracks AC are offset on the side of the scribing wheel 51 that is inclined forward in the traveling direction, and the positions at which the auxiliary line AL and the groove line TL are formed are set such that the breaking position extends on the side where the auxiliary crack AC is formed. Thereby, the reliability of the extension of the vertical crack VC from the groove line TL at the breaking position is improved. That is, the formation of the auxiliary line AL using the intentionally inclined scribing wheel 51 employed in the present embodiment has an effect of defining the extension of the vertical crack VC and improving the reliability of the extension. That is, when the brittle material substrate W is separated, the inclination direction of the scribing wheel 51, the formation position of the auxiliary line AL, and the formation position of the groove line TL are determined according to the breaking position thereof, whereby the breaking position can be determined. The vertical crack VC is surely stretched.

Further, in the case where the inclination angle θ is less than 1.0°, the unevenness of the auxiliary crack AC is not generated, and the reliability of crack propagation is lowered, which is not preferable. Further, as the inclination angle θ is larger, there is a tendency that the rolling of the scribe wheel 51 becomes difficult when the auxiliary line AL is formed.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, when the brittle material substrate is divided at a predetermined breaking position, the groove line under the condition that no vertical crack occurs under the position where the breaking position is formed is performed. Forming and forming a guide line which is intentionally inclined in the horizontal plane, so that the auxiliary crack is formed in the predetermined extension direction of the vertical crack VC, that is, the auxiliary line under the condition of the upstream side of the groove line, thereby being able to This breaking position does stretch the vertical crack. By reliably forming the vertical crack, the brittle material substrate can be reliably separated at the breaking position in the lower step, that is, the breaking step. In this case, the load applied by the rower at the time of forming the groove line and the auxiliary line can be set to be more similar to the vertical crack extension. A small value when scratching.

<Example 1>

The formation of the groove line TL and the auxiliary line AL which were sequentially performed in the order shown in the above embodiment was carried out by changing the formation conditions of the auxiliary line AL, and the occurrence of the extension of the vertical crack VC was evaluated. As the brittle material substrate W, a 0.2 mm thick glass substrate was used.

Specifically, the variation of the tilt angle θ at three levels of 0°, 1.2°, and 2.0°, and the load applied to the scoring wheel 51 are 0.4N, 0.8N, 1.1N, 1.5N, 1.9N, The seven levels of 2.3N and 2.6N changed to form the auxiliary line AL in a total of 21 conditions. The moving speed of the scribing head 2 is set to 100 mm/sec. Further, as the scribing wheel 51, a wheel diameter of 2.0 mm, a thickness of 0.65 mm, a diameter of the insertion hole of the pin 52 of 0.8 mm, and a tip end angle of 100° were used. Fig. 12 is a partially enlarged image of the auxiliary line AL formed at each inclination angle θ when the load applied by the scoring wheel 51 is set to 1N.

Further, the groove line TL fixes the load applied to the scribing tool 150, and each of the forming conditions of the auxiliary line AL is formed into 100 pieces.

FIG. 13 is a graph showing the generation rate of the extension of the vertical crack VC from the total of 100 groove lines TL for the load applied at the time of formation of the auxiliary line AL for the three inclination angles θ (hereinafter, referred to as VC establishment rate). ) the chart.

As shown in Fig. 13, when the inclination angle θ is 0°, only the VC establishment rate of 60% is obtained at the highest (when the load is 1.5 N), whereas the inclination angle θ is 1.2°. When the load applied to the scoring wheel 51 is 1.9 N or more, a VC establishment rate of 95% or more can be obtained, and when the inclination angle θ is 2.0°, the load applied to the scoring wheel 51 is set to 1.5 N or more. In this case, a 100% VC establishment rate can be obtained.

These results show that when the inclination angle θ is 1.2°, when a load of at least 1.9 N is applied to the scribing wheel 51, the vertical crack VC can be substantially reliably extended from the groove line TL, and further, at the inclination When the angle θ is 2.0°, when a load of at least 1.5 N is applied to the scribing wheel 51, the vertical crack VC can be surely extended from the groove line TL.

Further, if the scribing wheel 51 is used to perform the scribing operation using the same condition, and the vertical crack is to be stretched together with the formation of the scribing line, a load of at least about 3 to 4 N must be applied. Therefore, the result of the present embodiment is also displayed. The formation of the auxiliary line AL can be performed by applying a load smaller than the load applied by the row wheel 51 at the time of the scribing operation with the vertical crack extension. Further, the formation of the groove line TL can be performed with the same degree or less as the application of the auxiliary line AL. Therefore, the method of the above embodiment directly stretches the vertical crack by the scribing action. The method can also be said to be a method capable of stretching vertical cracks with application of a low load.

<Example 2>

In order to investigate the relationship between the inclination direction of the scribing wheel 51 and the vertical crack VC, the VC establishment rate was evaluated for the case where the inclination angle θ was set to -1.2°. The conditions other than the inclination angle θ are the same as in the first embodiment. Further, the case where the inclination angle θ is negative, for example, as described with reference to Fig. 2, corresponds to the direction in which the vertical plane formed by the tip end PF (outer peripheral portion) of the scoring wheel 51 is opposite to the extending direction D1 of the orthogonal axis of the horizontal plane. The state in which the scoring wheel 51 is inclined toward the opposite side as shown in FIG. 2, when the scoring wheel 51 is inclined, as described with reference to FIG. 3, corresponds to the position in which the direction of the scribing wheel 51 advances toward the auxiliary line AL. Further, the downstream side is a state in which the side in the positive direction of the y-axis is inclined.

Fig. 14 is a case where the inclination angle θ is -1.2°, respectively, and the embodiment 1 In the case of 1.2°, a graph plotting the VC establishment rate with respect to the load applied when the auxiliary line AL is formed is plotted.

As shown in Fig. 14, in the case where the inclination angle θ is -1.2°, the larger the load applied by the scoring wheel 51 is, the higher the VC establishment rate is, but even 2.6 N is only about 70%. This is a result of a case where the load applied to the scoring wheel 51 shown in the first embodiment is at least 1.9 N, and the inclination angle θ of the VC establishment rate of 95% or more is obtained as 1.2°.

As a result, it is shown that the direction in which the scribing wheel 51 is inclined when the auxiliary line AL is formed is set as the predetermined extending direction side of the vertical crack, and even if the load is applied to the opposite side to the opposite side, the load can be confirmed. The vertical crack VC is stretched from the groove line TL.

<Modification>

In the above embodiment, the auxiliary line AL is formed after the groove line TL is formed, but the order in which the groove line TL and the auxiliary line AL are formed may be reversed.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the groove line TL and the auxiliary line AL are orthogonal to the upper surface SF1 of the brittle material substrate W. However, this is not essential, as long as the groove accompanying the formation of the auxiliary line AL can be appropriately realized. The extension of the vertical crack from the groove line TL may be such that the groove line TL and the auxiliary line AL are obliquely intersected.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the formation of the groove line TL by the scribing tool 150 is performed in a state where the axial direction AX2 of the shank 152 is inclined forward in the moving direction DA, that is, the top surface SD1 is oriented. In the posture in the rear direction of the movement direction DA, the diamond cusp 151 is slid according to the movement, but instead, the state of the top surface SD1 is oriented by tilting the axial direction AX2 of the shank 152 toward the rear of the movement direction DA. The posture in front of the moving direction DA causes the diamond cusp 151 to slide to form the groove line TL.

Alternatively, in the above embodiment, the diamond cusp 151 is used to form the groove line TL, but instead of rolling the scribe wheel 100 by the scriber 100, the groove line TL is formed. kind. For example, the scribe apparatus 100 for forming the groove line TL in which the inclination angle θ is fixed to 0° in advance is prepared separately, and the inclination angle θ is fixed to be set in the range of 1.0° to 5.0°. The scribing device 100 for forming the auxiliary line AL (preferably in the range of 2.5 to 5.0) is realized by forming the groove line TL and the auxiliary line AL using the scribing means, respectively. Alternatively, the scribing device 100 may be provided with the scribing tool 50 for forming the groove line TL and the scribing tool 50 for forming the auxiliary line AL. Alternatively, the scriber 100 may be provided with a tilt angle variable means (not shown) to achieve a predetermined tilt angle θ when the auxiliary line AL is formed. However, at the time of formation of the groove line TL, the inclination angle θ is not limited to 0°.

However, in the case of the latter two, unlike the above embodiment, the predetermined extension direction of the vertical crack becomes the downstream side of the groove line TL. Therefore, in the same manner as in the above-described second embodiment, the auxiliary line AL is formed in the vicinity of the upstream side of the groove line TL in a state where the scribe wheel 51 is inclined such that the inclination angle θ is negative. More specifically, the auxiliary line AL may be formed in a state where the forward direction of the scribing wheel 51 is inclined toward the downstream side of the formation position of the auxiliary line AL, that is, the side in the negative direction of the y-axis.

At this time, as in the above-described embodiment, the auxiliary line AL is formed such that the auxiliary crack AC is biased in the predetermined extending direction of the vertical crack VC, that is, on the downstream side of the groove line TL, whereby the vertical crack VC is predetermined. The direction of extension suitably produces the extension of the vertical crack from the groove line TL. As a result, the vertical crack VC can be stretched with high certainty at the position where the groove line TL is formed.

51‧‧‧Scratch

52‧‧ ‧ sales

AX‧‧‧Axis Center

DP‧‧‧ scoring direction

PF‧‧‧ (marking wheel 51) blade front end

D1‧‧‧The direction of the orthogonal axis of the vertical plane formed by the front end PF (outer peripheral portion) of the scriber wheel 51

θ‧‧‧Tilt angle

Claims (8)

A method for forming a vertical crack of a brittle material substrate, wherein a vertical crack is formed at a breaking position when the brittle material substrate is divided in a thickness direction, and is characterized in that: a groove line forming step is performed on the brittle material substrate a groove line forming a linear groove portion on a main surface; and an auxiliary line forming step of forming an auxiliary line of a process mark intersecting the groove line by pressing the scribe wheel on the one main surface by rolling The rowing wheel has a blade tip end in the outer peripheral portion; in the groove line forming step, the groove line is formed to maintain a crack-free state below the groove line; in the auxiliary line forming step, the The scribing wheel forms the auxiliary line in a state in which the traveling direction of the auxiliary line is inclined with a predetermined inclination angle in the horizontal plane; the intersection of the groove line and the auxiliary line is used as a starting point, and the vertical crack is made from the groove line The brittle material substrate is stretched in the thickness direction. The method for forming a vertical crack of a brittle material substrate according to claim 1, wherein in the auxiliary line forming step, an auxiliary crack is generated from a side region of the auxiliary line along with the auxiliary line formation. The line is oriented toward the inside of the brittle material substrate; and the position at which the groove line and the auxiliary line are formed is determined such that the auxiliary crack is located on the side of the predetermined extension direction of the vertical crack on the groove line. A method of forming a vertical crack of a brittle material substrate according to claim 2, wherein the auxiliary line is formed so as to intersect the groove line in the vicinity of a side opposite to a predetermined extension direction of the vertical crack on the groove line. The formation of a vertical crack of a brittle material substrate as claimed in claim 2 or 3 In the auxiliary line forming step, the front side of the traveling direction of the scribing wheel is inclined in a horizontal plane from a direction in which the auxiliary line is formed toward a predetermined direction of extension of the vertical crack on the groove line. The method for forming a vertical crack of a brittle material substrate according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the inclination angle is 1.0 or more and 5.0 or less. A method of forming a vertical crack of a brittle material substrate according to claim 5, wherein the inclination angle is 2.5 or more and 5.0 or less. The method of forming a vertical crack of a brittle material substrate according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the auxiliary line is formed after the groove line is formed. A method for breaking a substrate of a brittle material by dividing a substrate of a brittle material in a thickness direction, comprising: a vertical crack forming step, which is a vertical crack of any one of claims 1 to 7. a method of forming a vertical crack on the brittle material substrate; and a cracking step of breaking the brittle material substrate along the vertical crack.