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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.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2018

Filed:

Apr. 06, 2015
Applicant:

Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);

Inventor:

Gregory C. Brown, Chanhassen, MN (US);

Assignee:

Honeywell International Inc., Morris Plains, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B81B 3/00 (2006.01); B81C 1/00 (2006.01); G01L 9/00 (2006.01); H01L 21/762 (2006.01); H01L 21/86 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B81B 3/0078 (2013.01); B81B 3/004 (2013.01); B81C 1/00904 (2013.01); G01L 9/0055 (2013.01); H01L 21/76254 (2013.01); H01L 21/86 (2013.01); B81B 2201/0264 (2013.01); B81B 2203/0127 (2013.01); B81B 2207/094 (2013.01); B81C 2203/037 (2013.01);
Abstract

A silicon-on-sapphire chip with minimal thermal strain preload is provided. The chip includes a sapphire substrate having a first-sapphire surface and an opposing second-sapphire surface; and a silicon layer overlaying the first-sapphire surface. The silicon layer is formed by: creating a plurality of buried cavities in a plane within tens of microns from a first-silicon surface of a silicon wafer; laser fusing the first-silicon surface to the first-sapphire surface at room temperature to attach the silicon wafer to a sapphire wafer; and cleaving the silicon wafer along the plane including the plurality of buried cavities. A silicon-wafer layer is formed from the silicon material between the first-silicon surface and the plane of the plurality of buried cavities. The silicon-wafer layer and the sapphire wafer form a silicon-on-sapphire wafer. The silicon-on-sapphire chip is formed by dicing the silicon-on-sapphire wafer.


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