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Palladium welding of a semiconductor body
Assignee: STANFORD UNIVERSITY OTL LLC
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Filing: 1991-08-14
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Granted: 1993-11-16
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Expires: 2011-08-14
Abstract
Abstract A method of bonding together two dissimilar planar bodies, one of which is a semiconductor. A film of palladium is deposited on one of the bodies. The two bodies are pressed together with moderate force with the palladium in between. The palladium chemically reacts with the semiconductor and, at least in the case of GaAs, dissolves the surface oxide and forms a crystalline palladium/semiconductor product topotaxial with the semiconductor.
Inventors
- 👤 Timothy D. Sands
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
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2026-10-30 14:56
CPC Classifications
B; B23; B23K; B23K20/00; B23K20/02; B23K20/002; B23K35/00; B23K35/22; B23K35/24; B23K35/32; B23K35/322; C; C30; C30B; C30B29/00; C30B29/10; C30B29/40; C30B29/42; C30B33/00; C30B33/06; H; H10; H10P; H10P10/00; H10P10/12; H10P72/00; H10P72/70; H10P72/74; H10W; H10W90/00; H10P72/7426; H10P72/7432; H10P72/744; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S148/00; Y10S148/012; Y10S148/135; Y10S228/00; Y10S228/903
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
77 words
A method of bonding two bodies, comprising the steps of: depositing a planar layer comprising palladium on a first surface portion of a first body; and pressing a second surface of a second surface portion of a second body on said planar layer, wherein said second surface and said planar layer are pressed into adjacent contact and wherein at least a first one of said first and second surface portions comprises a semiconductor comprising gallium and arsenic.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
77 words
A method of bonding two bodies, comprising the steps of: depositing a planar layer comprising palladium on a first surface portion of a first body; and pressing a second surface of a second surface portion of a second body on said planar layer, wherein said second surface and said planar layer are pressed into adjacent contact and wherein at least a first one of said first and second surface portions comprises a semiconductor comprising gallium and arsenic.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
19 words
A method as recited in claim 1, wherein a second one of said first and second bodies comprises silicon.
Claim 4
Independent Claim
77 words
A method of bonding two bodies, comprising the steps of: depositing a planar layer comprising palladium on a first surface portion of a first body; and pressing a second surface of a second surface portion on a second body on said planar layer, wherein said second surface and said planar layer are pressed into adjacent contact and wherein at least a first one of said first and second surface portions comprises a semiconductor comprising indium and phosphorous.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
77 words
A method of bonding two bodies, comprising the steps of: depositing a planar layer comprising palladium on a first surface portion of a first body; and pressing a second surface of a second surface portion on a second body on said planar layer, wherein said second surface and said planar layer are pressed into adjacent contact and wherein at least a first one of said first and second surface portions comprises a semiconductor comprising indium and phosphorous.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
65 words
A method of bonding together two bodies, comprising the steps of: depositing a planar layer comprising palladium on a first surface of a first body comprising a first semiconductor; and pressing a second surface of a second body comprising a second semiconductor on said planar layer, a first one of said bodies comprising silicon and a second one of said bodies comprising a compound semiconductor.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
65 words
A method of bonding together two bodies, comprising the steps of: depositing a planar layer comprising palladium on a first surface of a first body comprising a first semiconductor; and pressing a second surface of a second body comprising a second semiconductor on said planar layer, a first one of said bodies comprising silicon and a second one of said bodies comprising a compound semiconductor.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
29 words
A method as recited in claim 4, wherein said planar layer immediately contacts said silicon or a native oxide thereof and said compound semiconductor or a native oxide thereof.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
110 words
A method of bonding together two bodies of dissimilar material, at least one of said bodies being a semiconductor, comprising the steps of interposing a thin film planar layer of palladium between two opposing surfaces of said bodies, and causing the oxides on the surface of said one body that is a semiconductor to disperse and said semiconductor to react with the palladium layer, said causing step comprising pressing said two bodies so that the palladium layer is in intimate contact with the semiconductor surface and annealing said two bodies being pressed together at a temperature between 200° and 600° C. to bond the semiconductor surface to the palladium layer.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
110 words
A method of bonding together two bodies of dissimilar material, at least one of said bodies being a semiconductor, comprising the steps of interposing a thin film planar layer of palladium between two opposing surfaces of said bodies, and causing the oxides on the surface of said one body that is a semiconductor to disperse and said semiconductor to react with the palladium layer, said causing step comprising pressing said two bodies so that the palladium layer is in intimate contact with the semiconductor surface and annealing said two bodies being pressed together at a temperature between 200° and 600° C. to bond the semiconductor surface to the palladium layer.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
20 words
A method in accordance with claim 6 wherein said annealing occurs at a temperature of the order of 200° C.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
14 words
A method in accordance with claim 6 wherein said semiconductor comprises a III-V semiconductor.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
12 words
A method as recited in claim 6, wherein said semiconductor comprises silicon.
Claim 14
Independent Claim
75 words
A method of bonding together two bodies comprising the steps of: depositing a thin film planar layer of palladium on a surface of one of said bodies, and pressing a surface of the other of said bodies on said planar layer, said other of said bodies comprising a III-V semiconductor, to disperse the oxide of the semiconductor on the surface of said other body and to react with the semiconductor to form a bonding region.
Claim 15
Independent Claim
75 words
A method of bonding together two bodies comprising the steps of: depositing a thin film planar layer of palladium on a surface of one of said bodies, and pressing a surface of the other of said bodies on said planar layer, said other of said bodies comprising a III-V semiconductor, to disperse the oxide of the semiconductor on the surface of said other body and to react with the semiconductor to form a bonding region.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
28 words
A method in accordance with claim 10 further comprising heating said pressed surface of the other of said bodies at an annealing temperature of less than 600° C.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
30 words
A method as recited in claim 10, wherein said pressing step presses said first and second bodies together with a pressure of no more than 15,000 dynes per square millimeter.
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