> I would like to bond Si and pyrex wafer together by anodic > bonding. My Si wafer has some trenches which the bottom is > covered by a 200A Cr/ 500A Au. How can I clean this Si wafer > before anodic bonding? Can I do RCA SC1 clean > (water+H2O2+Ammonia solution) to remove organic > contaminations, without the RCA SC2 clean (water+H2O2+HCl), > which remove the metallic contaminations? You can do a Piranha clean (H2SO4 + H2O2, 120 C) for 5 minutes. In our experiments with different gold samples (with chromium adhesion layer), one was not etched at all and the other was roughened slightly. --Kirt Williams Agilent Technologies