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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 03, 1994
Kathirgamasundaram Sooriakumar, Tempe, AZ (US);
Allen Henry Meitzler, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Shaun Leaf McCarthy, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Russell J Haeberle, Plymouth, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A microelectronic device is hermetically sealed at the wafer level. A substrate is provided having associated electronics and at least one metal bonding pad. A dielectric layer, such as pyrex glass film, is sputter deposited atop the substrate to form a glass/metal seal. A glass film is thereafter planarized, preferably by chemical-mechanical polishing, to remove surface variations. A cover wafer is thereafter anodically bonded to the dielectric layer/glass film so as to define a sealed cavity for housing and protecting the substrate electronics. The resultant microelectronic device is packaged in its own hermetically sealed container at the wafer level.