Low CTE glass with high UV-transmittance and solarization resistance

Abstract

A low CTE glass with a high UV-transmittance and high solarization resistance, a glass carrier wafer made of the low CTE glass and the use of such a glass carrier wafer. The glass comprises an alkaline metal oxide free composition of 50-75 mol%SiO2, 3-20 mol%Al2O3, 5-20 mol%B2O3, 0-15 mol%MgO, 0-15 mol%CaO, 0-15 mol%SrO, and 0-15 mol%BaO, where MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO amounts to 3 to 25 mol%and the average number of non-bridging oxygen per polyhedron (NBO) is equal or larger than -0.08 and equal or smaller than-0.38, or comprises an alkaline earth metal oxide free composition of 78-85 mol%SiO2, 0-7 mol%Al2O3, 8-15 mol%B2O3, 0-8 mol%Na2O, and 0-5 mol%K2O, where the NBO is equal or larger than -0.25 and equal or smaller than -0.10. The glass carrier wafer has a high UV-transmittance at a wavelength of 248 nm and/or 308 nm, good solarization resistance, a long recycling lifetime and reduced processing cost.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a low CTE glass for glass carrier wafers having high UV transmittance and light fastness. The invention also relates to a glass carrier wafer made of said low CTE glass and its use as a carrier wafer in the processing of silicon substrates. Background technique [0002] Thinning of silicon substrates to meet the continuing demand for size reduction of, for example, integrated circuits has become a common process in the semiconductor industry. Silicon carrier wafers have been widely used as mechanical carriers for thinning and backgrinding of silicon substrates to facilitate handling of fragile thinned substrates. The silicon substrate is thus typically bonded to the carrier wafer by an adhesive. Depending on the adhesive, debonding of the silicon substrate from the carrier wafer after processing can be achieved, for example, by solvent release or thermal release. [0003] Glass has been used as a carrier wafer materi...

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Problems solved by technology

However, the borosilicate glasses disclosed in these documents are not suitable for use as carrier glass wafers for backgrinding and thinning of silicon for several reasons.

For example, one issue of US 5,547,904 A (Short AG) is that Li 2 O is used in borosilicate glass, which is not preferred in the semiconductor industry because the silicon substrate may be contaminated with lithium ions

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