Advanced packaging techniques such as wafer bumping, 3D Interconnect,
and chip scale packaging allow different components of an integrated
circuit (IC) to be stacked on each other and directly connected, rather
than side by side on a printed circuit board. These new packaging methods
enable the production of ICs with reduced cost, lower power consumption and
higher performance.
Wafer bumping or three-dimensional stacking of wafers for wafer level
packaging employs specific alignment and lithography. EVG's
mask aligners
offer full field proximity exposure and dark field alignment up to 300
mm. Wafer-to-wafer bond aligners support micron level face-to-face
alignment for 3D interconnects.
Wafer level packaging techniques use wafer bonding as an enabling solution
for stacking of wafers and three-dimensional integration of devices.
EVG offers flexible wafer bonding
systems with a unique bond chamber design to perform different wafer
bonding processes. High vacuum or high pressure conditions can be
applied to achieve a uniform and strong bond. Suitable for small
diameter substrates up to 300 mm EVG's wafer bonding systems ensure the
advancement of promising new packaging techniques.
Wafer stacking has become a viable solution to reduce actual die size for
new IC packaging applications. The SmartView Aligner
offers a proprietary method for micron level face-to-face wafer level
alignment. This alignment technique is key to achieving the required
accuracy in multiple wafer stacking for leading edge technologies.
SmartView technology combined with the Gemini wafer bonding systems
allows stacking of wafers through face-to-face alignment and subsequent
permanent bonding to form electrical or optical interconnects between
wafers.