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stress in Silicon
stress in Silicon
ashwini jambhalikar
2009-06-23
Dear Friends,

Can anybody suggest how to calculate stress developed in Anodically
bonded thinned Silicon wafer with slelectively unbonded region.

We are observing the following:

step 1: pockets are etched  in silicon, and bonded to glass from
etched side (anodic bonding)
pocket dimension
depth: 5 micron
length and width 500 micron

step 2: wafer is thinned from backside in DRIE.
It is observed that the pocket region(unbonded region) pops up, when
wafer is thinned to 30 micron

Is it only due to stress related to Anodic bonding, or it is also due
to the fact that silicon in thinned.

In any case is there any way to analytically find out the stress.

Ashwini.
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