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AssigneeHeptagon Micro Optics Pte. Ltd.
InventorsMarkus Rossi, Hartmut Rudmann, Nicola Spring, Alexander Bietsch
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A spacer wafer for a wafer stack includes a spacer body with a first surface and a second surface, and is intended to be sandwiched between a first wafer and a second wafer. That is, the spacer is to keep a first wafer placed against the first surface and a second wafer placed against the second surface at a constant distance from each other. The spacer provides openings arranged such that functional elements of the first wafer and of the second wafer can be aligned with the openings. The spacer is formed from a forming tool by means of a shape replication process and is preferably made of a material hardened by curing. At least one of the first and second surface includes edges separating the surface from the openings, and the thickness of the spacer wafer at the edges exceeds the thickness of the spacer wafer at surface locations around the edges.
A wafer stack, comprising at least a first wafer carrying a plurality of functional elements and a second wafer carrying a plurality of functional elements aligned with the functional elements of the first wafer, the wafer stack being separable into a plurality of integrated optical devices,
A method for creating a wafer stack, comprising the steps of
A method for bonding at least two wafers, comprising the steps of
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.