US20190006313A1 - Method for permanent bonding of wafers - Google Patents

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US20190006313A1 US16/106,326 US201816106326A US2019006313A1 US 20190006313 A1 US20190006313 A1 US 20190006313A1 US 201816106326 A US201816106326 A US 201816106326A US 2019006313 A1 US2019006313 A1 US 2019006313A1
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  • This invention relates to a method for bonding of a first contact surface of a first substrate to a second contact surface of a second substrate.
  • the objective in permanent or irreversible bonding of substrates is to produce an interconnection which is as strong and especially as irreversible as possible, therefore a high bond force, between the two contact surfaces of the substrates.
  • the reduction of the bond force leads to more careful treatment of the structure wafer and thus to a reduction of the failure probability by direct mechanical loading.
  • the basic idea of this invention is to devise a reservoir for holding a first educt at least on one of the substrates, to react it after making contact or producing a temporary bond between the substrates with a second educt which is present in the other substrate, and thus to form an irreversible or permanent bond between the substrates.
  • a reservoir for holding a first educt at least on one of the substrates, to react it after making contact or producing a temporary bond between the substrates with a second educt which is present in the other substrate, and thus to form an irreversible or permanent bond between the substrates.
  • cleaning of the substrate or substrates especially by a flushing step, occurs. This cleaning should generally ensure that there are no particles on the surfaces which would result in unbonded sites.
  • the reservoir and the educt contained in the reservoir form a technical possibility for inducing a reaction which strengthens the permanent bond and which increases the bond speed in a controlled manner directly on the contact surfaces after producing the temporary or reversible bond, especially by deforming at least one of the contact surfaces by the reaction, preferably the contact surface which is opposite the reservoir.
  • the prebond strengths are below the permanent bond strengths, at least by a factor of 2 to 3, especially by a factor of 5, preferably by a factor of 15, still more preferably by a factor of 25.
  • the prebond strengths of pure, nonactivated, hydrophilized silicon with roughly 100 mJ/m 2 and of pure, plasma-activated hydrophilized silicon with roughly 200-300 mJ/m 2 are mentioned.
  • Suitable substrates as claimed in the invention are those whose material is able to react as an educt with another supplied educt to form a product with a higher molar volume, as a result of which the formation of a growth layer on the substrate is caused.
  • the following combinations are especially advantageous, to the left of the arrow the educt being named and to the right of the arrow, the product/products, without the supplied educt or byproducts which react with the educt being named in particular:
  • Educts can therefore be for example O 2 , O 3 , H 2 O, N 2 , NH 3 , H 2 O 2 , etc.
  • the reaction as claimed in the invention is suitable for allowing the growth layer to grow by 0.1 to 0.3 nm for a conventional wafer surface of a circular wafer with a diameter of 200 to 300 mm with 1 monolayer (ML) of water.
  • At least 2 ML preferably at least 5 ML, even more preferably 10 ML fluid, especially water, is stored in the reservoir.
  • the formation of the reservoir by exposure to plasma is especially preferable, since plasma exposure moreover causes smoothing of the contact surface and hydrophilization as synergy effects.
  • the surface is smoothed by plasma activation predominantly by a viscous flow of the material of the surface layer.
  • the increase of the hydrophilicity takes place especially by the increase of the silicon hydroxyl compounds, preferably by cracking of Si—O compounds present on the surface, such as Si—O—Si, especially according to the following reaction:
  • Another side effect especially as a result of the aforementioned effects, consists in that the prebond strength is improved especially by a factor of 2 to 3.
  • the reservoir in the surface layer on the first contact surface of the first substrate is formed for example by plasma activation of the first substrate which has been coated with a thermal oxide.
  • the plasma activation is carried out in a vacuum chamber in order to be able to adjust the conditions necessary for the plasma.
  • N 2 gas O 2 gas or argon gas with ion energies in the range from 0 to 2000 eV is used, as a result of which a reservoir is produced with a depth of up to 20 nm, preferably up to 15 nm, more preferably up to 10 nm, most preferably up to 5 nm, of the treated surface, in this case the first contact surface.
  • each particle type, atoms and/or molecules which are suitable for producing the reservoir can be used.
  • those atoms and/or molecules are used which the reservoir produces with the required properties.
  • the relevant properties are mainly the pore size, pore distribution and pore density.
  • gas mixtures such as for example air or forming gas consisting of 95% Ar and 5% H 2 can be used.
  • the following ions are present: N+, N 2 +, O+, O 2 +, Ar+.
  • the first educt can be accommodated in the unoccupied free space.
  • the reservoir is formed based on the following considerations:
  • the pore size is smaller than 10 nm, preferably smaller than 5 nm, more preferably smaller than 1 nm, even more preferably smaller than 0.5 nm, most preferably smaller than 0.2 nm.
  • the pore density is preferably directly proportional to the density of the particles which produce the pores by striking action, most preferably can even be varied by partial pressure of the striking species, and depending on the treatment time and the parameter, especially of the plasma system used.
  • the pore distribution preferably has at least one region of greatest pore concentration under the surface, by variation of the parameters of several such regions which are superimposed into a preferably plateau-shaped region (see FIG. 7 ).
  • the pore distribution decreases toward zero with increasing thickness.
  • the region near the surface during bombardment has a pore density which is almost identical to the pore density near the surface. After the end of plasma treatment the pore density on the surface can be reduced as a result of stress relaxation mechanisms.
  • the pore distribution in the thickness direction with respect to the surface has one steep flank and with respect to the bulk a rather flatter, but continuously decreasing flank (see FIG. 7 ).
  • FIG. 7 shows a representation of the concentration of injected nitrogen atoms by plasma as a function of the penetration depth into a silicon oxide layer. It was possible to produce two profiles by variation of the physical parameters. The first profile 11 was produced by more highly accelerated atoms more deeply in the silicon oxide, conversely the profile 12 was produced after altering the process parameters in a lower density. The superposition of the two profiles yields a sum curve 13 which is characteristic for the reservoir. The relationship between the concentration of the injected atoms and/or molecule species is evident. Higher concentrations designate regions with higher defect structure, therefore more space to accommodate the subsequent educt. A continuous change of the process parameters which is controlled in a dedicated manner during the plasma activation makes it possible to achieve a reservoir with a distribution of the added ions over the depth, which is as uniform as possible.
  • TEOS tetraethyl orthosilicate
  • the filling of the reservoir can take place especially advantageously at the same time with the formation of the reservoir by the reservoir being applied as a coating to the first substrate, the coating already encompassing the first educt.
  • the reservoir is conceivable as a porous layer with a porosity in the nanometer range or as a layer which has channels with a channel density smaller than 10 nm, more preferably smaller than 5 nm, even more preferably smaller than 2 nm, most preferably smaller than 1 nm, most preferably of all smaller than 0.5 nm.
  • Hydrogen peroxide vapor is regarded as the preferred version in addition to using water.
  • Hydrogen peroxide furthermore has the advantage of having a greater oxygen to hydrogen ratio.
  • hydrogen peroxide dissociates above certain temperatures and/or via the use of high frequency fields in the MHz range into hydrogen and oxygen.
  • the formation of the growth layer and strengthening of the irreversible bond take place by diffusion of the first educts into the reaction layer.
  • the formation of the irreversible bond takes place at a temperature of typically less than 300° C., advantageously less than 200° C., more preferably less than 150° C., even more preferably less than 100° C., most preferably at room temperature, especially during a maximum 12 days, more preferably a maximum 1 day, even more preferably a maximum 1 hour, most preferably a maximum 15 minutes.
  • the irreversible bond has a bond strength of greater than 1.5 J/m 2 , especially greater than 2 J/m 2 , preferably greater than 2.5 J/m 2 .
  • the bond strength can be increased especially advantageously in that during the reaction, as claimed in the invention a product with a greater molar volume than the molar volume of the second educt is formed in the reaction layer.
  • growth on the second substrate is effected, as a result of which gaps between the contact surfaces can be closed by the chemical reaction as claimed in the invention.
  • the distance between the contact surfaces therefore the average distance, is reduced, and dead spaces are minimized.
  • the formation of the reservoir as claimed in the invention can take place by using a tetraethoxy silane-oxide layer as the surface layer, compacted especially in a controlled manner to a certain porosity.
  • a growth layer especially predominantly of native silicon dioxide.
  • the growth layer is subject to growth caused by the reaction as claimed in the invention.
  • the growth takes place proceeding from the transition Si—SiO2 (7) by re-formation of amorphous SiO2 and the deformation caused thereby, especially bulging, of the growth layer, especially on the interface to the reaction layer, and especially in regions of gaps between the first and the second contact surface.
  • This causes a reduction of the distance or a reduction of the dead space between the two contact surfaces, as a result of which the bond strength between the two substrates is increased.
  • a temperature between 200 and 400° C. preferably roughly 200° C. and 150° C., more preferably a temperature between 150° C. and 100° C., most preferably a temperature between 100° C. and room temperature, is especially advantageous.
  • the growth layer has an average thickness A between 0.1 nm and 5 nm prior to formation of the irreversible bond.
  • the thinner the growth layer the more quickly and easily the reaction takes place between the first and the second educt through the growth layer, especially by diffusion of the first educt thorough the growth layer to the reaction layer.
  • the formation of the reservoir is carried out in a vacuum.
  • contamination of the reservoir with unwanted materials or compounds can be avoided.
  • the reservoir is formed preferably in a thickness R between 0.1 nm and 25 nm, more preferably between 0.1 nm and 15 nm, even more preferably between 0.1 nm and 10 nm, most preferably between 0.1 nm and 5 nm. Furthermore, according to one embodiment of the invention it is advantageous if the average distance B between the reservoir and the reaction layer immediately before formation of the irreversible bond is between 0.1 nm and 15 nm, especially between 0.5 nm and 5 nm, preferably between 0.5 nm and 3 nm.
  • a device for executing the method is as claimed in the invention formed with a chamber for forming the reservoir and a chamber provided especially separately for filling the reservoir and an especially separately provided chamber for forming the prebond, all of which chambers are connected directly to one another via a vacuum system.
  • the filling of the reservoir can also take place directly via the atmosphere, therefore either in a chamber which can be opened to the atmosphere or simply on a structure which does not have jacketing but can handle the wafer semiautomatically and/or completely automatically.
  • FIG. 1 shows a first step of the method as claimed in the invention immediately after the first substrate makes contact with the second substrate
  • FIGS. 2 a and 2 b show other steps of the method as claimed in the invention for forming a higher bond strength
  • FIG. 3 shows another step of the method as claimed in the invention which follows the steps according to FIG. 1 , FIG. 2 a and FIG. 2 b , with substrate contact surfaces which are in contact,
  • FIG. 4 shows a step as claimed in the invention for formation of an irreversible/permanent bond between the substrates
  • FIG. 5 shows an enlargement of the chemical/physical processes which proceed on the two contact surfaces during the steps according to FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 ,
  • FIG. 6 shows another enlargement of the chemical/physical processes which proceed on the interface between the two contact surfaces during the steps according to FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 and
  • FIG. 7 shows a diagram of the production of the reservoir as claimed in the invention.
  • FIG. 1 shows only a section of the chemical reactions which proceed during or immediately after the prebond step between a first contact surface 3 of a first substrate 1 and a second contact surface 4 of the second substrate 2 .
  • the surfaces are terminated with polar OH groups and are accordingly hydrophilic.
  • the first substrate 1 and the second substrate 2 are held by the force of attraction of the water bridges between the OH groups present on the surface and the H 2 O molecules and between the H 2 O molecules alone.
  • the hydrophilicity of at least the first contact surface 3 is increased by plasma treatment of the first contact surface 3 in a preceding step.
  • a reservoir 5 in a surface layer 6 consisting of thermal silicon dioxide has been formed as claimed in the invention by plasma treatment.
  • Plasma treatment with O 2 ions with ion energies in the range between 0 and 2000 eV yields an average thickness R of the reservoir 5 of roughly 15 nm, the ions forming channels or pores in the surface layer 6 .
  • the reservoir 5 is filled with H 2 O as the first educt prior to the step shown in FIG. 1 and after plasma treatment.
  • Reduced species of the ions present in the plasma process can also be located in the reservoir, especially O 2 , N 2 , H 2 , Ar.
  • the contact surfaces 3 , 4 therefore still have a relatively wide gap, especially dictated by the water present between the contact surfaces 3 , 4 . Accordingly the existing bond strength is relatively small and is roughly between 100 mJ/cm 2 and 300 mJ/cm 2 , especially more than 200 mJ/cm 2 .
  • the prior plasma activation plays a decisive part, especially due to the increased hydrophilicity of the plasma-activated first contact surface 3 and a smoothing effect which is caused by the plasma activation.
  • FIG. 1 The process which is shown in FIG. 1 and which is called prebond can preferably proceed at ambient temperature or a maximum 50° Celsius.
  • FIGS. 2 a and 2 b show a hydrophilic bond, the Si—O—Si bridge arising with splitting of water by —OH terminated surfaces.
  • the processes in FIGS. 2 a and 2 b last roughly 300 h at room temperature. At 50° C. roughly 60 h.
  • the state in FIG. 2 b occurs at the indicated temperatures without producing the reservoir.
  • H 2 O molecules are formed and provide at least partially for further filling in the reservoir 5 to the extent there is still free space.
  • the other H 2 O molecules are removed.
  • the step according to FIG. 1 roughly 3 to 5 individual layers of OH groups or H 2 O are present and 1 to 3 monolayers of H 2 O are removed or accommodated in the reservoir 5 from the step according to FIG. 1 to the step according to FIG. 2 a.
  • stage 3 especially due to the formation of the reservoir 5 , it is not necessary to unduly increase the temperature, rather even at room temperature to allow it to proceed. In this way an especially careful progression of the process steps according to FIG. 1 to FIG. 3 is possible.
  • the temperature is preferably increased to a maximum 500° Celsius, more preferably to a maximum 300° C., even more preferably to a maximum 200° C., most preferably to a maximum 100° C., most preferably of all not above room temperature in order to form an irreversible or permanent bond between the first and the second contact surface.
  • a maximum 500° Celsius more preferably to a maximum 300° C., even more preferably to a maximum 200° C., most preferably to a maximum 100° C., most preferably of all not above room temperature in order to form an irreversible or permanent bond between the first and the second contact surface.
  • H 2 O molecules diffuse as the first educt from the reservoir 5 to the reaction layer 7 .
  • This diffusion can take place either via a direct contact of the surface layer 6 and growth layer 8 which are formed as oxide layers, or via a gap 9 or from a gap which is present between the oxide layers.
  • silicon oxide therefore a chemical compound with a greater molar volume than pure silicon is formed as a reaction product 10 of the aforementioned reaction from the reaction layer 7 .
  • the silicon dioxide grows on the interface of the reaction layer 7 with the growth layer 8 and thus deforms the layer of the growth layer 8 formed as native oxide in the direction of the gaps 9 .
  • H 2 O molecules from the reservoir are also required.
  • the aforementioned reaction of the first educt (H 2 O) with the second educt (Si) takes place in the reaction layer especially quickly or at temperatures as low as possible to the extent an average distance B between the first contact surface 3 and the reaction layer 7 is as small as possible.
  • the pretreatment of the first substrate 1 and the selection of the second substrate 2 which consists of a reaction layer 7 of silicon and a native oxide layer as thin as possible as a growth layer 8 is decisive.
  • a native oxide layer as thin as possible is provided as claimed in the invention for two reasons.
  • the growth layer 8 is very thin so that it can bulge due to the newly formed reaction product 10 on the reaction layer 7 toward the surface layer 6 of the opposite substrate 1 , which surface layer is made as an oxide layer, predominantly in regions of the nanogaps 9 .
  • diffusion paths as short as possible are desired in order to achieve the desired effect as quickly as possible and at a temperature as low as possible.
  • the first substrate 1 likewise consists of a silicon layer and an oxide layer produced on it as a surface layer 6 in which a reservoir 5 is formed at least partially or completely.
  • the reservoir 5 as claimed in the invention is filled at least accordingly with the amount of the first educt which is necessary to close the nanogaps 9 so that an optimum growth of the growth layer 8 can take place to close the nanogaps 9 in a time as short as possible and/or at a temperature as low as possible.

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A method for bonding of a first contact surface of a first substrate to a second contact surface of a second substrate according to the following steps: forming a reservoir in a surface layer on the first contact surface, at least partially filling the reservoir with a first educt or a first group of educts, contacting the first contact surface with the second contact surface for formation of a prebond connection, and forming a permanent bond between the first and second contact surface, at least partially strengthened by the reaction of the first educt with a second educt contained in a reaction layer of the second substrate.

Description

    RELATED APPLICATIONS
  • The present application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 14/976,484, filed Dec. 21, 2015, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 13/981,353, filed Jul. 31, 2013, which is a U.S. National Stage Application of International Application No. PCT/EP2011/000299, filed Jan. 25, 2011, said patent applications hereby fully incorporated herein by reference.
    • FIELD OF THE INVENTION
  • This invention relates to a method for bonding of a first contact surface of a first substrate to a second contact surface of a second substrate.
    • BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
  • The objective in permanent or irreversible bonding of substrates is to produce an interconnection which is as strong and especially as irreversible as possible, therefore a high bond force, between the two contact surfaces of the substrates. There are various approaches and production methods for this in the prior art.
  • The known production methods and the approaches which have been followed to date often lead to results which cannot be reproduced or can be poorly reproduced and which can hardly be applied especially to altered conditions. In particular production methods which used at present often use high temperatures, especially >400° C. in order to ensure reproducible results.
  • Technical problems such as high energy consumption and possible destruction of structures which are present on the substrates result from the high temperatures of partially far above 300° C. which have been necessary to date for a high bond force.
  • Other demands consist in the following:
    • front-end-of-line compatibility.
  • This is defined as the compatibility of the process during the production of the electrically active components. The bonding process must therefore be designed such that active components such as transistors, which are already present on the structure wafers, are neither adversely affected nor damaged during the processing. Compatibility criteria include mainly the purity of the chemical elements (mainly in CMOS structures) and mechanical loadability, mainly by thermal stresses.
    • low contamination.
    • no application of force.
  • The reduction of the bond force leads to more careful treatment of the structure wafer and thus to a reduction of the failure probability by direct mechanical loading.
    • SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
  • The object of this invention is therefore to devise a method for careful production of a permanent bond with a bond force which is as high as possible.
  • This object is achieved with the features of the independent claim(s). Advantageous developments of the invention are given in the dependent claims. All combinations of at least two of the features given in the specification, the claims and/or the figures also fall within the framework of the invention. At the given value ranges, values within the indicated limits will also be disclosed as boundary values and will be claimed in any combination.
  • The basic idea of this invention is to devise a reservoir for holding a first educt at least on one of the substrates, to react it after making contact or producing a temporary bond between the substrates with a second educt which is present in the other substrate, and thus to form an irreversible or permanent bond between the substrates. Before or after forming the reservoir in one surface layer on the first contact surface, generally cleaning of the substrate or substrates, especially by a flushing step, occurs. This cleaning should generally ensure that there are no particles on the surfaces which would result in unbonded sites. The reservoir and the educt contained in the reservoir form a technical possibility for inducing a reaction which strengthens the permanent bond and which increases the bond speed in a controlled manner directly on the contact surfaces after producing the temporary or reversible bond, especially by deforming at least one of the contact surfaces by the reaction, preferably the contact surface which is opposite the reservoir.
  • For the prebonding step, for producing a temporary or reversible bond between the substrates there are various possibilities with the objective of producing a weak interaction between the contact surfaces of the substrates. The prebond strengths are below the permanent bond strengths, at least by a factor of 2 to 3, especially by a factor of 5, preferably by a factor of 15, still more preferably by a factor of 25. As guideline values the prebond strengths of pure, nonactivated, hydrophilized silicon with roughly 100 mJ/m2 and of pure, plasma-activated hydrophilized silicon with roughly 200-300 mJ/m2 are mentioned. The prebonds between the molecule-wetted substrates, mainly due to the van-der-Waals interactions between the molecules of the different permanent dipole moments, are suitable for enabling prebonds between wafers. The following chemical compounds are mentioned as interconnect agents by way of example, but not limited thereto
    • water
    • thiols
    • AP3000
    • silanes and/or
    • silanols.
  • Suitable substrates as claimed in the invention are those whose material is able to react as an educt with another supplied educt to form a product with a higher molar volume, as a result of which the formation of a growth layer on the substrate is caused. The following combinations are especially advantageous, to the left of the arrow the educt being named and to the right of the arrow, the product/products, without the supplied educt or byproducts which react with the educt being named in particular:
    • Si→SiO2, Si3N4, SiNxOy
    • Ge→GeO2, Ge3N4
    • α-Sn→SnO2
    • B→B2O3, BN
    • Se→SeO2
    • Te→TeO2, TeO3
    • Mg→MgO, Mg3N2
    • Al→Al2O3, AlN
    • Ti→TiO2, TiN
    • V→V2O5
    • Mn→MnO, MnO2, Mn2O3, Mn2O7, Mn3O4
    • Fe→FeO, Fe2O3, Fe3O4
    • Co→CoO, Co3O4,
    • Ni→NiO, Ni2O3
    • Cu→CuO, Cu2O, Cu3N
    • Zn→ZnO
    • Cr→CrN, Cr23C6, Cr3C, Cr7C3, Cr3C2
    • Mo→Mo3C2
    • Ti→TiC
    • Nb→Nb4C3
    • Ta→Ta4C3
    • Zr→ZrC
    • Hf→HfC
    • V→V4C3, VC
    • W→W2C, WC
    • Fe→Fe3C, Fe7C3, Fe2C
  • The following mixed forms of semiconductors as substrates are also conceivable:
    • III-V: GaP, GaAs, InP, InSb, InAs, GaSb, GaN, AN, InN, AlxGa1-xAs, InxGa1-xN
    • IV-IV: SiC, SiGe,
    • III-IV: InAlP,
    • nonlinear optics: LiNbO3, LiTaO3, KDP (KH2PO4)
    • solar cells: CdS, CdSe, CdTe, CuInSe2, CuInGaSe2, CuInS2, CuInGaS2
    • conductive oxides: In2-xSnxO3-y
  • As claimed in the invention, on at least one of the wafers and directly on the respective contact surface there is a reservoir in which a certain amount of at least one of the supplied educts for the volume expansion reaction can be stored. Educts can therefore be for example O2, O3, H2O, N2, NH3, H2O2, etc. Due to the expansion, especially dictated by oxide growth, based on the tendency of the reaction partners to reduce system energy, possible gaps, pores, and cavities between the contact surfaces are minimized and the bond force is increased accordingly by narrowing the distances between the substrates in these regions. In the best possible case the existing gaps, pores and cavities are completely closed so that the entire bonding surface increases and thus the bond force as claimed in the invention rises accordingly.
  • The contact surfaces conventionally show a roughness with a quadratic roughness (Rq) of 0.2 nm. This corresponds to peak-to-peak values of the surfaces in the range of 1 nm. These empirical values were determined with atomic force microscopy (AFM).
  • The reaction as claimed in the invention is suitable for allowing the growth layer to grow by 0.1 to 0.3 nm for a conventional wafer surface of a circular wafer with a diameter of 200 to 300 mm with 1 monolayer (ML) of water.
  • As claimed in the invention it is therefore provided in particular that at least 2 ML, preferably at least 5 ML, even more preferably 10 ML fluid, especially water, is stored in the reservoir.
  • The formation of the reservoir by exposure to plasma is especially preferable, since plasma exposure moreover causes smoothing of the contact surface and hydrophilization as synergy effects. The surface is smoothed by plasma activation predominantly by a viscous flow of the material of the surface layer. The increase of the hydrophilicity takes place especially by the increase of the silicon hydroxyl compounds, preferably by cracking of Si—O compounds present on the surface, such as Si—O—Si, especially according to the following reaction:

  • Si—O—Si+H2O↔2SiOH
  • Another side effect, especially as a result of the aforementioned effects, consists in that the prebond strength is improved especially by a factor of 2 to 3.
  • The reservoir in the surface layer on the first contact surface of the first substrate is formed for example by plasma activation of the first substrate which has been coated with a thermal oxide. The plasma activation is carried out in a vacuum chamber in order to be able to adjust the conditions necessary for the plasma. As claimed in the invention, for the plasma discharge N2 gas, O2 gas or argon gas with ion energies in the range from 0 to 2000 eV is used, as a result of which a reservoir is produced with a depth of up to 20 nm, preferably up to 15 nm, more preferably up to 10 nm, most preferably up to 5 nm, of the treated surface, in this case the first contact surface. As claimed in the invention each particle type, atoms and/or molecules which are suitable for producing the reservoir can be used. Preferably those atoms and/or molecules are used which the reservoir produces with the required properties. The relevant properties are mainly the pore size, pore distribution and pore density. Alternatively, as claimed in the invention gas mixtures such as for example air or forming gas consisting of 95% Ar and 5% H2 can be used. Depending on the gas used, in the reservoir during the plasma treatment among others the following ions are present: N+, N2+, O+, O2+, Ar+. The first educt can be accommodated in the unoccupied free space.
  • The reservoir is formed based on the following considerations: The pore size is smaller than 10 nm, preferably smaller than 5 nm, more preferably smaller than 1 nm, even more preferably smaller than 0.5 nm, most preferably smaller than 0.2 nm.
  • The pore density is preferably directly proportional to the density of the particles which produce the pores by striking action, most preferably can even be varied by partial pressure of the striking species, and depending on the treatment time and the parameter, especially of the plasma system used.
  • The pore distribution preferably has at least one region of greatest pore concentration under the surface, by variation of the parameters of several such regions which are superimposed into a preferably plateau-shaped region (see FIG. 7). The pore distribution decreases toward zero with increasing thickness. The region near the surface during bombardment has a pore density which is almost identical to the pore density near the surface. After the end of plasma treatment the pore density on the surface can be reduced as a result of stress relaxation mechanisms. The pore distribution in the thickness direction with respect to the surface has one steep flank and with respect to the bulk a rather flatter, but continuously decreasing flank (see FIG. 7).
  • For the pore size, the pore distribution and pore density, similar considerations apply to all methods not produced with plasma.
  • The reservoir can be designed by controlled use and combination of process parameters. FIG. 7 shows a representation of the concentration of injected nitrogen atoms by plasma as a function of the penetration depth into a silicon oxide layer. It was possible to produce two profiles by variation of the physical parameters. The first profile 11 was produced by more highly accelerated atoms more deeply in the silicon oxide, conversely the profile 12 was produced after altering the process parameters in a lower density. The superposition of the two profiles yields a sum curve 13 which is characteristic for the reservoir. The relationship between the concentration of the injected atoms and/or molecule species is evident. Higher concentrations designate regions with higher defect structure, therefore more space to accommodate the subsequent educt. A continuous change of the process parameters which is controlled in a dedicated manner during the plasma activation makes it possible to achieve a reservoir with a distribution of the added ions over the depth, which is as uniform as possible.
  • As a reservoir, alternatively to a reservoir produced by plasma, the use of a TEOS (tetraethyl orthosilicate)-oxide layer on at least one of the substrates, at least the first substrate, is conceivable. This oxide is generally less dense than thermal oxide, for which reason compaction is advantageous as claimed in the invention. The compaction takes place by heat treatment with the objective of setting a defined porosity of the reservoir.
  • According to one embodiment of the invention, the filling of the reservoir can take place especially advantageously at the same time with the formation of the reservoir by the reservoir being applied as a coating to the first substrate, the coating already encompassing the first educt.
  • The reservoir is conceivable as a porous layer with a porosity in the nanometer range or as a layer which has channels with a channel density smaller than 10 nm, more preferably smaller than 5 nm, even more preferably smaller than 2 nm, most preferably smaller than 1 nm, most preferably of all smaller than 0.5 nm.
  • For the step of filling of the reservoir with a first educt or a first group of educts, as claimed in the invention the following embodiments, also in combination, are conceivable:
    • exposing the reservoir to the ambient atmosphere,
    • flushing with especially deionized water,
    • flushing with a fluid which contains the educt or which consists of it, especially H2O, H2O2, NH4OH
    • exposing the reservoir to any gas atmosphere, especially atomic gas, molecular gas, gas mixtures,
    • exposing the reservoir to a water vapor- or hydrogen peroxide vapor-containing atmosphere and
    • depositing a reservoir already filled with the educt as a surface layer on the first substrate.
  • The following compounds are possible as educts: O2, O3, N2, NH3, H2O, H2O2, and/or NH4OH.
  • The use of the above cited hydrogen peroxide vapor is regarded as the preferred version in addition to using water. Hydrogen peroxide furthermore has the advantage of having a greater oxygen to hydrogen ratio. Furthermore, hydrogen peroxide dissociates above certain temperatures and/or via the use of high frequency fields in the MHz range into hydrogen and oxygen.
  • According to one advantageous embodiment of the invention, it is provided that the formation of the growth layer and strengthening of the irreversible bond take place by diffusion of the first educts into the reaction layer.
  • According to another advantageous embodiment of the invention it is provided that the formation of the irreversible bond takes place at a temperature of typically less than 300° C., advantageously less than 200° C., more preferably less than 150° C., even more preferably less than 100° C., most preferably at room temperature, especially during a maximum 12 days, more preferably a maximum 1 day, even more preferably a maximum 1 hour, most preferably a maximum 15 minutes.
  • Here it is especially advantageous if the irreversible bond has a bond strength of greater than 1.5 J/m2, especially greater than 2 J/m2, preferably greater than 2.5 J/m2.
  • The bond strength can be increased especially advantageously in that during the reaction, as claimed in the invention a product with a greater molar volume than the molar volume of the second educt is formed in the reaction layer. In this way growth on the second substrate is effected, as a result of which gaps between the contact surfaces can be closed by the chemical reaction as claimed in the invention. As a result, the distance between the contact surfaces, therefore the average distance, is reduced, and dead spaces are minimized.
  • To the extent the formation of the reservoir takes place by plasma activation, especially with an activation frequency between 10 and 600 kHz and/or a power density between 0.075 and 0.2 watt/cm2 and/or with pressurization with a pressure between 0.1 and 0.6 mbar, additional effects such as smoothing of the contact surface and also a clearly increased hydrophilicity of the contact surface are effected.
  • Alternatively thereto, the formation of the reservoir as claimed in the invention can take place by using a tetraethoxy silane-oxide layer as the surface layer, compacted especially in a controlled manner to a certain porosity.
  • According to another advantageous embodiment of the invention it is provided that the surface layer consists predominantly, especially essentially completely of an especially amorphous, especially silicon oxide produced by thermal oxidation, and the reaction layer consists of an oxidizable material, especially predominantly, preferably essentially completely, of Si, Ge, InP, GaP or GaN. An especially stable reaction which especially effectively closes the existing gaps is enabled by oxidation.
  • Here it is especially advantageous as claimed in the invention if between the second contact surface and the reaction layer there is a growth layer, especially predominantly of native silicon dioxide. The growth layer is subject to growth caused by the reaction as claimed in the invention. The growth takes place proceeding from the transition Si—SiO2 (7) by re-formation of amorphous SiO2 and the deformation caused thereby, especially bulging, of the growth layer, especially on the interface to the reaction layer, and especially in regions of gaps between the first and the second contact surface. This causes a reduction of the distance or a reduction of the dead space between the two contact surfaces, as a result of which the bond strength between the two substrates is increased. A temperature between 200 and 400° C., preferably roughly 200° C. and 150° C., more preferably a temperature between 150° C. and 100° C., most preferably a temperature between 100° C. and room temperature, is especially advantageous.
  • Here it is especially advantageous if the growth layer has an average thickness A between 0.1 nm and 5 nm prior to formation of the irreversible bond. The thinner the growth layer, the more quickly and easily the reaction takes place between the first and the second educt through the growth layer, especially by diffusion of the first educt thorough the growth layer to the reaction layer.
  • According to one embodiment of the invention it is advantageously provided that the formation of the reservoir is carried out in a vacuum. Thus contamination of the reservoir with unwanted materials or compounds can be avoided.
  • In another embodiment of the invention, it is advantageously provided that filling of the reservoir takes place by one or more of the steps cited below:
    • exposing the first contact surface to the atmosphere, for filling the reservoir with atmospheric humidity and/or oxygen contained in the air,
    • exposing the first contact surface to a fluid consisting especially predominantly, preferably almost completely, of especially deionized H2O and/or H2O2,
    • exposing the first contact surface to N2 gas and/or O2 gas and/or Ar gas and/or forming gas, especially consisting of 95% Ar and 5% H2, especially with an ion energy in the range from 0 to 2000 eV,
    • vapor deposition for filling the reservoir with any already named educt.
  • It is especially effective for the process sequence if the reservoir is formed preferably in a thickness R between 0.1 nm and 25 nm, more preferably between 0.1 nm and 15 nm, even more preferably between 0.1 nm and 10 nm, most preferably between 0.1 nm and 5 nm. Furthermore, according to one embodiment of the invention it is advantageous if the average distance B between the reservoir and the reaction layer immediately before formation of the irreversible bond is between 0.1 nm and 15 nm, especially between 0.5 nm and 5 nm, preferably between 0.5 nm and 3 nm.
  • A device for executing the method is as claimed in the invention formed with a chamber for forming the reservoir and a chamber provided especially separately for filling the reservoir and an especially separately provided chamber for forming the prebond, all of which chambers are connected directly to one another via a vacuum system.
  • In another embodiment the filling of the reservoir can also take place directly via the atmosphere, therefore either in a chamber which can be opened to the atmosphere or simply on a structure which does not have jacketing but can handle the wafer semiautomatically and/or completely automatically.
  • Other advantages, features and details of the invention will become apparent from the following description of preferred exemplary embodiments and using the drawings.
    • BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
  • FIG. 1 shows a first step of the method as claimed in the invention immediately after the first substrate makes contact with the second substrate,
  • FIGS. 2a and 2b show other steps of the method as claimed in the invention for forming a higher bond strength,
  • FIG. 3 shows another step of the method as claimed in the invention which follows the steps according to FIG. 1, FIG. 2a and FIG. 2b , with substrate contact surfaces which are in contact,
  • FIG. 4 shows a step as claimed in the invention for formation of an irreversible/permanent bond between the substrates,
  • FIG. 5 shows an enlargement of the chemical/physical processes which proceed on the two contact surfaces during the steps according to FIG. 3 and FIG. 4,
  • FIG. 6 shows another enlargement of the chemical/physical processes which proceed on the interface between the two contact surfaces during the steps according to FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 and
  • FIG. 7 shows a diagram of the production of the reservoir as claimed in the invention.
  • The same components/features and components/features with the same action are identified with the same reference numbers in the figures.
    •  DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
  • In the situation which is shown in FIG. 1 shows only a section of the chemical reactions which proceed during or immediately after the prebond step between a first contact surface 3 of a first substrate 1 and a second contact surface 4 of the second substrate 2. The surfaces are terminated with polar OH groups and are accordingly hydrophilic. The first substrate 1 and the second substrate 2 are held by the force of attraction of the water bridges between the OH groups present on the surface and the H2O molecules and between the H2O molecules alone. The hydrophilicity of at least the first contact surface 3 is increased by plasma treatment of the first contact surface 3 in a preceding step.
  • A reservoir 5 in a surface layer 6 consisting of thermal silicon dioxide has been formed as claimed in the invention by plasma treatment. Plasma treatment with O2 ions with ion energies in the range between 0 and 2000 eV yields an average thickness R of the reservoir 5 of roughly 15 nm, the ions forming channels or pores in the surface layer 6.
  • Likewise the reservoir 5 is filled with H2O as the first educt prior to the step shown in FIG. 1 and after plasma treatment. Reduced species of the ions present in the plasma process can also be located in the reservoir, especially O2, N2, H2, Ar.
  • The contact surfaces 3, 4 therefore still have a relatively wide gap, especially dictated by the water present between the contact surfaces 3, 4. Accordingly the existing bond strength is relatively small and is roughly between 100 mJ/cm2 and 300 mJ/cm2, especially more than 200 mJ/cm2. In this connection the prior plasma activation plays a decisive part, especially due to the increased hydrophilicity of the plasma-activated first contact surface 3 and a smoothing effect which is caused by the plasma activation.
  • The process which is shown in FIG. 1 and which is called prebond can preferably proceed at ambient temperature or a maximum 50° Celsius. FIGS. 2a and 2b show a hydrophilic bond, the Si—O—Si bridge arising with splitting of water by —OH terminated surfaces. The processes in FIGS. 2a and 2b last roughly 300 h at room temperature. At 50° C. roughly 60 h. The state in FIG. 2b occurs at the indicated temperatures without producing the reservoir.
  • Between the contact surfaces 3, 4, H2O molecules are formed and provide at least partially for further filling in the reservoir 5 to the extent there is still free space. The other H2O molecules are removed. In the step according to FIG. 1 roughly 3 to 5 individual layers of OH groups or H2O are present and 1 to 3 monolayers of H2O are removed or accommodated in the reservoir 5 from the step according to FIG. 1 to the step according to FIG. 2 a.
  • In the step shown in FIG. 2a the hydrogen bridge bonds are now formed directly between siloxane groups, as a result of which a greater bond force arises. This draws the contact surfaces 3, 4 more strongly to one another and reduces the distance between the contact surfaces 3, 4. Accordingly there are only 1 to 2 individual layers of OH groups between the contact surfaces 1, 2.
  • In the step shown in FIG. 2b , in turn with separation of H2O molecules according to the reaction which has been inserted below, covalent bonds in the form of silanol groups are formed between the contact surfaces 3, 4 which lead to a much stronger bond force and require less space so that the distance between the contact surfaces 3, 4 is further reduced until finally the minimum distance shown in FIG. 3 is reached based on the contact surfaces 3, 4 meeting one another:

  • Si—OH+HO—Si↔Si—O—Si+H2O
  • Up to stage 3, especially due to the formation of the reservoir 5, it is not necessary to unduly increase the temperature, rather even at room temperature to allow it to proceed. In this way an especially careful progression of the process steps according to FIG. 1 to FIG. 3 is possible.
  • In the method step shown in FIG. 4, the temperature is preferably increased to a maximum 500° Celsius, more preferably to a maximum 300° C., even more preferably to a maximum 200° C., most preferably to a maximum 100° C., most preferably of all not above room temperature in order to form an irreversible or permanent bond between the first and the second contact surface. These temperatures which are relatively low, in contrast to the prior art, are only possible because the reservoir 5 encompasses the first educt for the reaction shown in FIGS. 5 and 6:

  • Si+2H2O→SiO2+2H2
  • At the aforementioned slightly increased temperatures H2O molecules diffuse as the first educt from the reservoir 5 to the reaction layer 7. This diffusion can take place either via a direct contact of the surface layer 6 and growth layer 8 which are formed as oxide layers, or via a gap 9 or from a gap which is present between the oxide layers. There, silicon oxide, therefore a chemical compound with a greater molar volume than pure silicon is formed as a reaction product 10 of the aforementioned reaction from the reaction layer 7. The silicon dioxide grows on the interface of the reaction layer 7 with the growth layer 8 and thus deforms the layer of the growth layer 8 formed as native oxide in the direction of the gaps 9. Here H2O molecules from the reservoir are also required.
  • Due to the existence of the gaps which are in the nanometer range, there is the possibility of bulging of the native oxide layer 8, as a result of which stresses on the contact surfaces 3, 4 can be reduced. In this way the distance between the contact surfaces 3, 4 is reduced, as a result of which the active contact surface and thus the bond strength are further increased. The weld connection which arises in this way, which closes all pores, and which forms over the entire wafer, in contrast to the products in the prior art which are partially not welded, fundamentally contributes to increasing the bond force. The type of bond between the two amorphous silicon oxide surfaces which are welded to one another is a mixed form of covalent and ionic portion.
  • The aforementioned reaction of the first educt (H2O) with the second educt (Si) takes place in the reaction layer especially quickly or at temperatures as low as possible to the extent an average distance B between the first contact surface 3 and the reaction layer 7 is as small as possible.
  • Therefore the pretreatment of the first substrate 1 and the selection of the second substrate 2 which consists of a reaction layer 7 of silicon and a native oxide layer as thin as possible as a growth layer 8 is decisive. A native oxide layer as thin as possible is provided as claimed in the invention for two reasons. The growth layer 8 is very thin so that it can bulge due to the newly formed reaction product 10 on the reaction layer 7 toward the surface layer 6 of the opposite substrate 1, which surface layer is made as an oxide layer, predominantly in regions of the nanogaps 9. Furthermore, diffusion paths as short as possible are desired in order to achieve the desired effect as quickly as possible and at a temperature as low as possible. The first substrate 1 likewise consists of a silicon layer and an oxide layer produced on it as a surface layer 6 in which a reservoir 5 is formed at least partially or completely.
  • The reservoir 5 as claimed in the invention is filled at least accordingly with the amount of the first educt which is necessary to close the nanogaps 9 so that an optimum growth of the growth layer 8 can take place to close the nanogaps 9 in a time as short as possible and/or at a temperature as low as possible.
    • REFERENCE NUMBER LIST
  • 1 first substrate
  • 2 second substrate
  • 3 first contact surface
  • 4 second contact surface
  • 5 reservoir
  • 6 surface layer
  • 7 reaction layer
  • 8 growth layer
  • 9 nanogaps
  • 10 reaction product
  • 11 first profile
  • 12 second profile
  • 13 sum curve
  • A average thickness
  • B average distance
  • R average thickness

Claims (42)

Having described the invention, the following is claimed:
1. A method for bonding of a first contact surface of a first substrate to a second contact surface of a second substrate, said method comprising:
forming a reservoir in a surface layer of the first contact surface by exposing the first contact surface to N2 gas and/or O2 gas and/or Are gas and/or a forming gas comprising 95% Ar and 5% H2;
at least partially filling the reservoir with one or more first educts;
forming a prebond connection by contacting the first contact surface with the second contact surface; and
forming a permanent bond between the first and second contact surface, said permanent bond being at least partially strengthened by reaction of the first educt with a second educt contained in a reaction layer of the second substrate.
2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the formation and/or the strengthening of the permanent bond takes place by diffusion of the first educt into the reaction layer of the second substrate.
3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the formation of the permanent bond takes place at a temperature between room temperature and 200° C. in an hour or less.
4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the permanent bond is an irreversible bond having a bond strength of greater than 1.5 J/m2.
5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein, during the reaction of the first educt with the second educt, a reaction product having a molar volume that is greater than a molar volume of the second educt is formed in the reaction layer of the second substrate.
6. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising plasma activating the surface layer on the first contact surface to form the reservoir,
wherein reduced species of ions present during the plasma activating are located in the reservoir.
7. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the reduced species are selected from the group consisting of: O2-, N2-, H2-, and Ar-ions.
8. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the surface layer of the first contact surface is comprised of an amorphous material, and
wherein the reaction layer of the second substrate is comprised of an oxidizable material.
9. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein a growth layer comprised of native silicon dioxide as a main component is disposed between the second contact surface and the reaction layer.
10. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein, before the forming of the permanent bond, the growth layer has an average thickness A between 1 angstrom and 10 nm.
11. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the forming of the reservoir is performed in a vacuum.
12. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the formed reservoir has an average thickness between 0.1 nm and 25 nm.
13. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein, immediately before the forming of the permanent bond, an average distance between the formed reservoir and the reaction layer of the second substrate is in a range of 0.1 nm and 15 nm.
14. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the permanent bond is an irreversible bond having a bond strength that is twice as strong as a bond strength of the prebond connection.
15. A method for bonding of a first contact surface of a first substrate to a second contact surface of a second substrate, said method comprising:
forming a reservoir in a surface layer of the first contact surface, the formed reservoir has an average thickness between 0.1 nm and 25 nm;
at least partially filling the reservoir with one or more first educts;
forming a prebond connection by contacting the first contact surface with the second contact surface; and
forming a permanent bond between the first and second contact surface, said permanent bond being at least partially strengthened by reaction of the first educt with a second educt contained in a reaction layer of the second substrate.
16. The method as claimed in claim 15, wherein the formation and/or the strengthening of the permanent bond takes place by diffusion of the first educt into the reaction layer of the second substrate.
17. The method as claimed in claim 15, wherein the formation of the permanent bond takes place at a temperature between room temperature and 200° C. in an hour or less.
18. The method as claimed in claim 15, wherein the permanent bond is an irreversible bond having a bond strength of greater than 1.5 J/m2.
19. The method as claimed in claim 15, wherein, during the reaction of the first educt with the second educt, a reaction product having a molar volume that is greater than a molar volume of the second educt is formed in the reaction layer of the second substrate.
20. The method as claimed in claim 15, further comprising plasma activating the surface layer on the first contact surface to form the reservoir,
wherein reduced species of ions present during the plasma activating are located in the reservoir.
21. The method as claimed in claim 20, wherein the reduced species are selected from the group consisting of: O2-, N2-, H2-, and Ar-ions.
22. The method as claimed in claim 15, wherein the surface layer of the first contact surface is comprised of an amorphous material, and
wherein the reaction layer of the second substrate is comprised of an oxidizable material.
23. The method as claimed in claim 15, wherein a growth layer comprised of native silicon dioxide as a main component is disposed between the second contact surface and the reaction layer.
24. The method as claimed in claim 23, wherein, before the forming of the permanent bond, the growth layer has an average thickness A between 1 angstrom and 10 nm.
25. The method as claimed in claim 15, wherein the forming of the reservoir is performed in a vacuum.
26. The method as claimed in claim 15, wherein the average thickness of the formed reservoir is between 0.1 nm and 20 nm.
27. The method as claimed in claim 15, wherein, immediately before the forming of the permanent bond, an average distance between the formed reservoir and the reaction layer of the second substrate is in a range of 0.1 nm and 15 nm.
28. The method as claimed in claim 15, wherein the permanent bond is an irreversible bond having a bond strength that is twice as strong as a bond strength of the prebond connection.
29. A method for bonding of a first contact surface of a first substrate to a second contact surface of a second substrate, said method comprising:
forming a reservoir in a surface layer of the first contact surface by smoothing the first contact surface;
at least partially filling the reservoir with one or more first educts;
forming a prebond connection by contacting the first contact surface with the second contact surface; and
forming a permanent bond between the first and second contact surface, said permanent bond being at least partially strengthened by reaction of the first educt with a second educt contained in a reaction layer of the second substrate.
30. The method as claimed in claim 29, wherein the smoothing of the first contact surface comprises exposing the first contact surface to plasma.
31. The method as claimed in claim 30, wherein the plasma is generated with an activation frequency between 10 and 600 kHz and/or a power density between 0.075 W/cm2 and 0.2 W/cm2.
32. The method as claimed in claim 29, wherein the first contact surface is smoothed by a viscous flow of a material of the surface layer of the first contact surface.
33. The method as claimed in claim 29, wherein, during the reaction of the first educt with the second educt, a reaction product having a molar volume that is greater than a molar volume of the second educt is formed in the reaction layer of the second substrate.
34. The method as claimed in claim 29, wherein a hydrophilicity of the first contact surface is increased by increasing a number of silicon hydroxyl compounds in the surface layer of the first contact surface.
35. The method as claimed in claim 29, wherein the formation and/or the strengthening of the permanent bond takes place by diffusion of the first educt into the reaction layer of the second substrate.
36. The method as claimed in claim 29, wherein the surface layer of the first contact surface is comprised of an amorphous material, and
wherein the reaction layer of the second substrate is comprised of an oxidizable material.
37. The method as claimed in claim 29, wherein a growth layer comprised of native silicon dioxide as a main component is disposed between the second contact surface and the reaction layer.
38. The method as claimed in claim 37, wherein, before the forming of the permanent bond, the growth layer has an average thickness A between 1 angstrom and 10 nm.
39. The method as claimed in claim 29, wherein the forming of the reservoir is performed in a vacuum.
40. The method as claimed in claim 29, wherein the formed reservoir has an average thickness between 0.1 nm and 25 nm.
41. The method as claimed in claim 29, wherein, immediately before the forming of the permanent bond, an average distance between the formed reservoir and the reaction layer of the second substrate is in a range of 0.1 nm and 15 nm.
42. The method as claimed in claim 29, wherein the permanent bond is an irreversible bond having a bond strength that is twice as strong as a bond strength of the prebond connection.
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