Swiss, You will definitely need to have the thin Silicon supported, as it will not be mechanically stable at this thickness for the area of a 6" wafer. I doubt 10 micron thick silicon 4" in diameter will survive as a free standing wafer either. You really do not need a very high temperature bonding agent to survive a PVD evaporation of Cr/Au, depending upon the thickness of the film (or rather the duration of the deposition). Of course it has to be vacuum compatible. Neal Swiss Zhangwrote:Hello, Has anybody had the experience with handling 10-um thin wafer? I want to deposit Cr/Au layer using E-beam evaporator. I am afraid it will break the wafer during evaporation due to high temperature and stress. Does anybody know if it works Ok? And also I think I better bond the thin wafer to another standard 500um wafer together, but i don't know what kind of adhesive materials can resist high temperature in E-beam evaporator. Thanks for your suggestion. Swiss _________________________________________________________________ Surf the Web without missing calls! Get MSN Broadband. http://resourcecenter.msn.com/access/plans/freeactivation.asp _______________________________________________ MEMS-talk@memsnet.org mailing list: to unsubscribe or change your list options, visit http://mail.mems-exchange.org/mailman/listinfo/mems-talk Hosted by the MEMS Exchange, providers of MEMS processing services. Visit us at http://www.memsnet.org/ --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos, & more faith.yahoo.com