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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2025
Filed:
May. 04, 2023
Commissariat À L'énergie Atomique ET Aux Énergies Alternatives, Paris, FR;
Julie Widiez, Grenoble, FR;
Frank Fournel, Grenoble, FR;
Abstract
A method of transferring a layer from a source substrate to a destination substrate, comprising the following steps: a) activating a bonding surface of said layer and a bonding surface of the destination substrate, by ion etching of said surfaces, or by sputtering of a bonding material onto said surfaces; and b) after step a), placing into contact the bonding surface of said layer with the bonding surface of the destination substrate, wherein, during step a), a masking ring covers a peripheral portion of the bonding surface of said layer, and/or a masking ring covers a peripheral portion of the bonding surface of the destination substrate; and wherein steps a) and b) are carried out under vacuum and with no rupture of vacuum between the two steps.