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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 1999
Filed:
May. 18, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
438455 ; 438406 ; 228206 ;
Abstract
Cleaning in periodic acid (H.sub.5 IO.sub.6) aqueous solutions (HI solutions) of particular compositions removes thermally unstable hydrocarbons from the surfaces of semiconductor wafers and enables the direct bonding of semiconductor surfaces such that the bonded interface between these surfaces remains free of bubbles even after heating subsequent to bonding.