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Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2020

Filed:

May. 10, 2019
Applicant:

Memjet Technology Limited, 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: depositing a layer of a thermoplastic first polymer onto the frontside surface and into each hole until the holes are overfilled with the first polymer; depositing a layer of a photoimageable second polymer different than the first polymer; selectively removing the second polymer from regions outside a periphery of the holes; exposing the wafer substrate to a controlled oxidative plasma so as to reveal the frontside surface of the wafer substrate; and planarizing the frontside surface to provide holes filled with a plug of the first polymer only, each plug having a respective upper surface coplanar with the frontside surface.


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