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Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2019

Filed:

Jun. 14, 2017
Applicant:

Memjet Technology Ltd., Dublin, IE;

Inventors:

Angus North, Sydney, AU;

Ronan O'Reilly, Dublin, IE;

Gregory McAvoy, Dublin, IE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B81C 1/00 (2006.01); B41J 2/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B81C 1/00611 (2013.01); B41J 2/1603 (2013.01); B41J 2/1628 (2013.01); B41J 2/1631 (2013.01); B41J 2/1639 (2013.01); B41J 2/1645 (2013.01); B81B 2201/052 (2013.01); B81B 2203/0353 (2013.01); B81C 2201/0104 (2013.01); B81C 2201/0121 (2013.01);
Abstract

A process for filling one or more etched holes defined in a frontside surface of a wafer substrate. The process includes the steps of: (i) depositing a layer of a photoimageable thermoplastic polymer onto the frontside surface and into each hole; (ii) reflowing the polymer; (iii) selectively removing the polymer from regions outside a periphery of each hole, the selective removing comprising exposure and development of the polymer; (iv) optionally repeating steps (i) to (iii) until each hole is overfilled with the polymer; and (v) planarizing the frontside surface to provide one or more holes filled with a plug of the polymer. Each plug has a respective upper surface coplanar with the frontside surface.


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