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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2012
Shinji Okada, Kumamoto, JP;
Masatoshi Shiraishi, Kumamoto, JP;
Masatoshi Deguchi, Kumamoto, JP;
TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present disclosure is a joining method that joins a target substrate and a support substrate, wherein the method has: a joining operation that includes pressing and joining the target substrate and the support substrate by interposing an adhesive therebetween; and an adhesive removing operation that includes supplying a solvent of the adhesive to the outer adhesive that is the adhesive between the target substrate and the support substrate protruding in the joining operation from the outer lateral surface of the stacked substrate made by joining the target substrate and the support substrate, and to remove the surface of the outer adhesive so that the outer adhesive is formed at a predetermined size.