JP5965239B2 - Bonded substrate processing method and processing apparatus - Google Patents

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  The present invention relates to a processing method and a processing apparatus for a bonded substrate of a brittle material such as glass or sapphire using a laser beam.

  A processing method using a pulse laser is known as a processing method for forming a split starting point such as a scribe groove (cut groove) on a brittle material substrate such as a glass substrate, a silicon substrate, or a sapphire substrate. These processing methods are common in that the substrate is heated by the energy irradiated by the pulse laser, but the mechanisms by which the division starting points are formed are greatly different and have different characteristics.

For example, when a glass substrate is cut, a laser scribing process using “thermal strain” is used to form a scribe groove in a line to be cut (Patent Document 1). This is done by first irradiating a laser beam along the line to be cut, thereby heating below the softening temperature (that is, the temperature range in which the glass does not change), and then jetting the refrigerant toward the high temperature region immediately after heating. It is processing. By heating and cooling, a local thermal stress distribution is given to the substrate, and a scribe groove (crack) along a planned cutting line is formed on the surface of the substrate by the thermal strain generated by the thermal stress.
In laser scribe processing by thermal strain, the end surface of the formed scribe groove can be finished very beautifully, so that processing with high end surface strength is possible, and it is widely used for processing glass substrates.

Further, in the processing of silicon substrates and sapphire substrates, conventionally, as a method of processing a substrate using a high output pulse laser (pulse width 10 ⁻⁹ to 10 ⁻⁷ seconds) such as a YAG laser, “laser ablation” or “ "Multiphoton absorption" is used. That is, the laser beam is condensed near the substrate surface or inside the substrate, and ablation is generated near the substrate surface to form a scribe groove (Patent Document 2), or a work-affected portion is formed inside the substrate by multiphoton absorption. (Patent Document 3), these processed parts are set as the division starting points for the break.

In recent years, a new laser processing method using a laser with a short pulse width and a high output pulse has been disclosed (Patent Document 4).
According to the processing method using a short pulse laser beam described in the above patent document, a short pulse width (2 picoseconds to 8 nanoseconds) and a high power density (15 GW / second) are obtained using an Nd: YAG laser (wavelength 1064 nm). A short pulse laser beam having cm ^{2 to} 8 TW / cm ² or more) is emitted while adjusting the focal point so as to be condensed near the surface of the sapphire substrate. The laser beam at this time is not absorbed by the substrate material (sapphire) except in the vicinity of the condensing point, but multiphoton absorption is induced at the condensing point, and instantaneous melting and sublimation (local microablation) ) Will occur. And the micro crack by an impact pressure is formed in the range from the surface layer site | part of a board | substrate to the surface. According to this processing method, since the melted trace is miniaturized, the transparency of the substrate is maintained, and it is suitable for processing a sapphire substrate in an LED manufacturing process that requires a light extraction rate.

  Further, as an improved processing method using a short pulse laser beam, a short pulse laser beam of femtosecond order having an extremely short pulse width is used, and scanning of the laser beam is performed by changing the scanning speed with respect to one scheduled division line. By repeating the above, a modified portion that is not continuous in the direction of the line to be divided is formed inside the substrate, and a groove part that is continuous in the direction of the line to be divided is further formed on the surface. It is disclosed that a reforming part is formed (Patent Document 5). Here, the short pulse laser beam refers to a laser having a pulse width of less than 10 picoseconds. According to this, it is described that a sapphire substrate of about 200 μm can be processed.

Japanese National Patent Publication No. 8-509947 JP 2004-009139 A JP 2004-268309 A JP 2005-271563 A JP 2008-098465 A

In the manufacturing process of a liquid crystal panel, the process which cut | disconnects a bonded glass substrate and processes it into each unit product is included.
In the case where the bonded glass substrate is divided by laser processing, laser scribing processing using “thermal strain” as described in Patent Document 1 described above has been performed so far.
In laser scribing, a YAG laser or the like is used. In order to perform scribing on the front and back surfaces of the bonded substrate, laser irradiation is performed on one side surface, then the substrate is inverted, and laser irradiation is performed on the opposite side surface. Thus, two times of laser scribing were required.

  Therefore, according to the present invention, when a bonded substrate is processed, it is possible to process a scribe groove serving as a division starting point on the upper substrate and the lower substrate by one scanning of the laser beam from one side. An object is to provide a processing method and a processing apparatus for a bonded substrate.

In the substrate processing method of the present invention made to achieve the above object, a substrate processing method for processing a scribe groove by irradiating a laser beam onto a bonded substrate mounted on a table, the laser processing method A short pulse laser beam having a pulse width of 10 ⁻¹⁰ seconds or less is emitted from a light source, and the laser beam is split into two, and these two laser beams are transmitted through a focus forming lens at different divergence angles. Two focal points with different focal positions are formed so that one laser beam is focused on the upper substrate of the bonded substrate and the other laser beam is focused on the lower substrate of the bonded substrate. The upper substrate and the lower substrate are processed simultaneously by the focal points of two laser beams. In the above invention, the irradiation energy of each laser beam is adjusted by interposing an output adjusting unit in the middle of the optical path of at least one of the two branched laser beams.
Here, a glass substrate is mainly used as the bonded substrate, but if a light source having a wavelength that transmits the substrate depending on the material is used, it can be applied to a Si substrate, a sapphire substrate, a SiC substrate, and the like.

Further, in the present invention, there is provided a substrate processing apparatus for performing the placed bonded pressurized Engineering by irradiating a laser beam to the substrate on the table, a short pulse laser with a pulse width is 10 ^-10 seconds or less Combining these two laser beams with a laser light source for output, an optical path branching part for branching a short pulse laser beam emitted from the laser light source into a laser beam on the first optical path side and a laser beam on the second optical path side A double focal point creation unit that forms two focal points with different focal positions by transmitting through a focal point forming lens at different divergence angles, and a composite laser beam emitted from the double focal point creation unit. A mechanism for relatively moving the table on which the alignment substrate is placed, and the double focus generation unit is configured such that one laser beam is focused on the upper substrate of the bonded substrate The bonded substrate processing apparatus is formed so that the focal points of the other laser beam can be adjusted so that the focal point of the other laser beam comes to the lower substrate of the bonded substrate. In the above invention, the irradiation energy of each laser beam is adjusted by interposing an output adjusting unit in the middle of the optical path of at least one of the two branched laser beams .

  According to the present invention, two laser beams are transmitted through a focal point forming lens at different divergence angles to form two focal points having different focal positions, and the focal point of the one laser beam is the upper side of the bonded substrate. Since the focal point of the other laser beam comes to the lower substrate of the bonded substrate while coming to the substrate, laser spots where energy concentrates at the respective focal positions are formed simultaneously. In each laser spot, melting and sublimation (local microablation) occurs instantaneously and locally, and a scribe groove serving as a separation starting point can be formed simultaneously on the upper substrate and the lower substrate of the bonded substrate. Thereby, the upper and lower glass substrates can be processed at the same time, the number of times of scanning of the laser beam can be reduced, and it is not necessary to invert the substrates, so that the processing time can be shortened.

In the above invention, it is preferable to adjust the irradiation energy of each laser beam by interposing an output adjusting unit in the middle of at least one of the optical paths of the two branched laser beams.
Thereby, the irradiation energy of each laser beam can be adjusted to an optimal state according to the characteristics and thickness of the material of the bonded substrate to be processed.

In the above invention, the laser beam spot generated at the two focal positions may be intermittently formed by intermittently irradiating the bonded substrate with the laser beam irradiated along the scribe line. At this time, adjacent laser spots are formed at an interval such that they are connected by a minute crack generated by an impact at the time of laser spot formation.
Thereby, continuous scribe grooves can be simultaneously and reliably formed on the upper substrate and the lower substrate of the bonded substrate.

The figure which shows the whole structure of the board | substrate processing apparatus for enforcing the board | substrate processing method of this invention. The block diagram which shows the laser optical system in this invention. The enlarged view which shows the double focus production | generation part in FIG. The schematic diagram which shows the state in which a beam spot is formed on a board | substrate.

Hereinafter, the processing method of the bonded substrate board of this invention is demonstrated using drawing. In this example, processing of a bonded glass substrate will be described.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a substrate processing apparatus for carrying out the processing method of the present invention.
The substrate processing apparatus A is provided with a moving stage 2 that reciprocates in the front-rear direction (hereinafter referred to as the Y direction) in FIG. 1 along a pair of guide rails 3 and 4 arranged in parallel on a horizontal base 1. Yes. A screw screw 5 is disposed between the guide rails 3 and 4 along the Y direction, and a stay 6 fixed to the moving stage 2 is screwed to the screw screw 5. The movable stage 2 is configured to move along the guide rails 3 and 4 in the Y direction by rotating by (not shown).

  A horizontal pedestal 7 is arranged on the moving stage 2 so as to reciprocate in the left-right direction (hereinafter referred to as X direction) in FIG. A screw screw 10 that is rotated by a motor 9 is threaded through a stay 10a fixed to the pedestal 7, and the pedestal 7 moves in the X direction along the guide rail 8 as the screw screw 10 rotates. The motor reciprocates due to forward and reverse rotation of the motor.

  A table 12 that is rotated by a rotation mechanism 11 is provided on the pedestal 7, and a bonded substrate W to be processed is placed on the placement surface of the table 12 in a horizontal state. The bonded substrate W can be held by a suction chuck mechanism (not shown) provided on the table 12. The rotation mechanism 11 is configured to be able to rotate the table 12 with an axis perpendicular to the placement surface as a rotation axis, and can be rotated at an arbitrary rotation angle.

  Above the table 12, a position detection camera 13 used when positioning the bonded substrate W, a laser light source 20 and a laser for irradiating the bonded substrate W with a linearly polarized short pulse laser beam. An optical system 21 (see FIG. 2) is fixed to the frame 14.

As the laser light source 20, one capable of emitting a short pulse laser beam having a pulse width of 10 ⁻¹⁰ seconds or less that can be processed by microablation is selected. The type of laser is not particularly limited as long as the laser beam can pass through the glass substrate to some extent and can enter the inside. Specifically, a UV laser, a green laser, and an IR laser can be used. Note that the YAG laser and CO ₂ laser conventionally used for laser scribing to the glass substrate are absorbed only in the vicinity of the surface of the upper glass substrate and do not reach the lower substrate, and therefore cannot be applied in the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the laser optical system 21.
The linearly polarized short pulse laser beam L ₀ emitted from the laser light source 20 passes through the half-wave plate 23 via the rotary shutter 22. Rotary shutter 22, or blocks the laser beam L ₀ intermittently, be for or continuously transmitted with full aperture, in the case of processing by irradiation with intermittent laser beam, continuous Then, it is used to select the case of processing by irradiating a laser beam.

  The half-wave plate 23 generates a half-wave phase difference in the incident light source. The vibration direction of the incident linearly polarized light is an angle θ (with respect to the optical axis direction of the half-wave plate 23. When incident at 45 degrees, for example, it is emitted as linearly polarized light whose vibration direction is rotated by 2θ (90 degrees). By changing the angle θ of the half-wave plate, the irradiation energy (output power) of the emitted linearly polarized light can be controlled.

The laser beam L ₀ that has passed through the half-wave plate 23 is divided into a laser beam (P wave) L ₁ on the first optical path side and a laser beam on the second optical path side by a polarizing beam splitter 24 for branching as an optical path branching portion. (S-wave) is branched into a _{L 2.}

The laser beam L _{1 on} the first optical path side is refracted by the half mirror 25 and passes through the output adjustment unit 26. The output adjusting unit 26 adjusts the irradiation energy (output power) of the first optical path side laser beam L ₁ , and specifically includes a half-wave plate 27 and a polarizing beam splitter 28. By adjusting the phase angle of the half wave plate 27 with respect to the polarization beam splitter 28, the irradiation energy of the laser beam L ₁ passing by utilizing polarized light (output power) it is to be attenuated. Therefore, it is possible to adjust the first light path side laser irradiation energy of the beam L ₁ by the output adjusting section 26. Incidentally, the polarization beam splitter 28 of the output adjusting section 26 is adapted to be transmitted through the laser beam L ₁ in the optical axis direction of travel.
The laser beam L ₁ having passed through the output adjusting section 26 is sent to the double focal creation unit 30 to be described later is refracted by the half mirror 29.

The laser beam L _{2 on} the second optical path side is incident on the output adjustment unit 33 through the half mirrors 31 and 32. The output adjustment unit 33 includes a half-wave plate 34 and a polarization beam splitter 35 as in the case of the output adjustment unit 26 on the first optical path side. and adjusts the irradiation energy of the laser beam L ₂ (output power). The laser beam L _{2 that} has passed through the output adjustment unit 26 is sent to the double focus generation unit 30.

Double focus creation unit 30 comprises a lens group (36, 37, 38, 39) for synthesizing the polarization beam splitter 40., combined with the first optical path side laser beam _{L 1} and the second optical path side laser beam _{L 2} A combined laser beam is generated by superimposing these. In this combined laser beam, the focal point P ′ of the laser beam L ₁ on the first optical path side and the focal point S ′ of the laser beam L ₂ on the second optical path side are connected at different positions, that is, two focal points. Is formed. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 4, when to come in the vicinity of the surface of the substrate W ₁ of the upper second light path side of the laser beam L ₂ of focal S 'is bonded the substrate W, the first optical path The focal point P ′ of the laser beam L _{1 on} the side is arranged in the vicinity of the surface or the lower surface of the lower substrate W ₂ .

As shown in detail in FIG. 3, the laser beam L _{1 that} has passed through the concave lens 36 on the first optical path side becomes divergent light that spreads in the radiation direction (this is called plus divergent light) and passes through the combining polarizing beam splitter 40. , And sent to a convex lens 37 for focus formation.
On the other hand, the laser beam L ₂ that has passed through the concave lens 38 on the second optical path side and has become plus divergent light becomes light condensed toward the focal point by the convex lens 39 (this is referred to as minus divergent light) and is combined polarization. It is sent to the beam splitter 40, refracted by the reflecting surface 40 a of the beam splitter 40, combined with the laser beam L ₁ on the first optical path side, and sent to the focus forming convex lens 37. At this time, the laser beam L ₁ coming from the first optical path side and the laser beam L ₂ coming from the second optical path side have different divergence angles when entering the convex lens 37, that is, the laser beam L _{1 on} the first optical path side. Becomes a positive divergent light that spreads in the radiation direction, and the laser beam L _{2 on} the second optical path side becomes a negative divergent light that converges toward one point, so that the focal point of the laser beam L ₁ on the first optical path side that has passed through the convex lens 37. distance longer than the focal length of the laser beam L ₂ of the second optical path side, so that the result in two foci are formed.

Next, the processing operation by the substrate processing apparatus A will be described. Before starting the processing, the processing conditions are set in advance. Specifically, the output power of the laser beam L ₁ by the half-wave plate 23, the output power of the laser beams L ₁ and L _{2 on} the first optical path side and the second optical path side by adjustment of the output adjustment units 26 and 33, respectively. The ratio is adjusted in accordance with the thickness of the bonded substrate W to be processed and the characteristics of the material.
At the same time, as shown in FIG. 4 (a), to come to the vicinity of the upper surface of the upper substrate W ₁ of the second light path side laser beam L ₂ of focal S 'is bonded the substrate W, and the first light path side laser beam The positions of the focus-forming convex lens 37 and the concave lenses 36 and 38 are adjusted so that the focal point P ′ of L ₂ comes near the upper surface of the lower substrate W ₂ . Incidentally, the focal position is possible to adjust at any position inside of the substrate W, for example, as shown in FIG. 4 (b), the focal point P 'is below the first light path side laser beam L ₂ it may be adjusted so as to come near the bottom of the substrate W _2.
Moreover, with so as to intermittently cut off the laser beam L ₀ from the laser light source 20 by the rotary shutter 22, the laser beam at a predetermined interval by adjusting the moving speed of the table 12 mounted with the substrate board W is irradiated. Thus, the laser irradiation spot S is linearly formed along the scheduled scribe line with a predetermined interval in the substrate W. The “predetermined interval” refers to a distance at which adjacent laser spots are connected by a minute crack generated by an impact when forming the laser spot.

After performing the above setting, the bonded substrate W is placed on the table 12, the processing position is positioned by the camera 13, the laser beam from the light source 20 is oscillated, and the table 12 is moved in the X direction. Scan. Thereby, the laser irradiation spot K is formed in the bonded substrate W at a predetermined interval. At this time, as shown in FIG. 4A, the focal point P ′ by the first optical path side laser beam L ₁ and the focal point S ′ by the second optical path side laser beam L ₂ are the upper substrate W ₁ and the lower side of the substrate W. Since the laser spot K is located near the upper surface of the substrate W2, _two laser spots K are simultaneously formed at the respective focal positions.

In the laser spot K, melting and sublimation (local microablation) occurs instantaneously and locally at the focal point. The laser spot with adjacent are connected by fine cracks generated by the impact at the time of processing, thereby allowing continuous scribe grooves are simultaneously formed on the upper substrate W ₁ and the lower substrate W _2.

Above, in the above embodiment using a short pulse laser, and intermittently blocking the laser beam L ₀ from the laser light source 20 by the rotary shutter 22, and the laser irradiation spot K to form at regular intervals However, the rotary shutter 22 may be fully opened so that the substrate W is irradiated with the laser beam continuously.

  In the above embodiment, a processing method suitable for processing a glass bonded substrate is described. However, depending on the substrate material to be processed, the type of laser that can enter the substrate without being absorbed only by the substrate surface is selected. If selected, the same processing becomes possible. For example, when the object to be processed is a sapphire substrate, for example, an Nd: YAG laser or the like can be used as a laser that allows laser light to enter the substrate.

  As described above, the representative examples of the present invention have been described. However, the present invention is not necessarily limited to the above-described embodiments, and the object of the present invention is achieved and appropriately modified without departing from the scope of the claims. It is possible to change.

  For example, the output adjustment units 26 and 33 may be arranged on only one side and may be adjusted by the table 12 on which the substrate G is placed.

  The substrate processing method of the present invention is used for scribing a bonded substrate made of a brittle material such as a glass substrate.

A substrate processing apparatus K laser spot L ₁ laser beam L on the first optical path side ₂ laser beam P ′ on the second optical path side focal point S ′ of the laser beam on the first optical path side focal point W of laser beam on the second optical path side Substrate W ₁ Upper substrate W ₂ Lower substrate 12 Table 20 Laser light source 21 Laser optical system 22 Rotary shutter 23 Half-wave plate 24 Branching polarization beam splitters 26 and 33 Output adjustment unit 30 Double focus creation unit 37 Focus forming convex lens 40 Polarizing beam splitter for synthesis

Claims (3)

A substrate processing method for processing a scribe groove by irradiating a laser beam onto a bonded substrate placed on a table,
A short pulse laser beam having a pulse width of 10 ⁻¹⁰ seconds or less is emitted from a laser light source, and the laser beam is split into two,
These two laser beams are transmitted through a focusing lens at different divergence angles to form two focal points with different focal positions,
The focal point of one laser beam comes to the upper substrate of the bonded substrate, and the focal point of the other laser beam comes to the lower substrate of the bonded substrate. Process the lower substrate at the same time ,
A method for processing a bonded substrate, wherein an output adjustment unit is interposed in the middle of an optical path of at least one of the two branched laser beams to adjust the irradiation energy of each laser beam . By intermittently irradiated along the bonding scribed with a laser beam irradiated on the substrate, according to claim 1, the laser beam spots so as to intermittently form generated in the two focus positions Processing method for bonded substrates. A substrate processing apparatus that performs processing by irradiating a laser beam onto a bonded substrate mounted on a table,
A laser light source that outputs a short pulse laser having a pulse width of 10 ⁻¹⁰ seconds or less;
An optical path branching unit that branches a short pulse laser beam emitted from the laser light source into a laser beam on the first optical path side and a laser beam on the second optical path side;
A double focal point creation unit that combines these two laser beams and transmits two focal points at different divergence angles to form two focal points having different focal positions;
It consists of a mechanism that relatively moves the table on which the bonded substrate is placed with respect to the combined laser beam emitted from the double focal point creation unit,
The double focal point creation unit is configured so that the focal point of one laser beam is on the upper substrate of the bonded substrate and the focal point of the other laser beam is on the lower substrate of the bonded substrate. is formed so as to be able to adjust, at least either one of the optical path of the branched laser beam into two laser beam processing apparatus of the laminated substrate Do that by the output adjustment unit is interposed for adjusting the irradiation energy of .

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