You might want to try something that holds heat much better than alumina such as SST or SiC. If you can't find SST or SiC, then keep the top chuck on the bond stack and slowly lower the temp so that the entire stack cools together. Once the wafers hit 50C they should be good to handle without cracking due to CTE issues. Brad Johnson Sales Application Engineer DJK Global US Distributor, Semiconductor Inspection Systems 2447 W. 12th St. - Suite 6, Tempe, AZ 85281 480-968-3343 Ext 112 office 602-501-4413 cell bjohnson@djksemi.com http://www.djksemi.com -----Original Message----- From: jingru zhang [mailto:jingru@eden.rutgers.edu] Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 9:19 AM To: General MEMS discussion Subject: Re: [mems-talk] glass cracking during anodic bonding Hi Brad, Thank you very much for your advice. I used alumina chucks on both bottom and top of the sample to fix the electrode and also slow down the cooling rate. Do you think Al or SST will work better than alumina?