Devices formed with techniques for bonding substrates using an intermediate layer
AssigneeMedtronic, Inc.
InventorsDavid A Ruben, Michael S Sandlin
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Abstract
A method includes depositing a thin film on a first surface of a first substrate and moving a second surface of a second substrate into contact with the thin film such that the thin film is located between the first and second surfaces. The method further includes generating electromagnetic (EM) radiation of a first wavelength, the first wavelength selected such that the thin film absorbs EM radiation at the first wavelength. Additionally, the method includes directing the EM radiation through one of the first and second substrates and onto a region of the thin film until the first and second substrates are fused in the region.
Claims21
A device comprising:
- a first substrate that is transparent to a wavelength of a first EM radiation;
- a second substrate;
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- an intermediate layer disposed between the first and second substrates, wherein the first and second substrates are fused together through the intermediate layer, and wherein a bonding region of the intermediate layer that is adjacent the first and second substrates is configured to receive the first electromagnetic (EM) radiation that is transmitted through the first substrate to fuse the first and second substrates without causing the first and second substrates to melt or flow.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.