Patents Assigned to SILTECTRA GMBH
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Patent number: 11869810Abstract: The invention relates to a method for separating at least one solid-state layer (4) from at least one solid (1). The method according to the invention includes the steps of: producing a plurality of modifications (9) by means of laser beams in the interior of the solid (1) in order to form a separation plane (8); producing a composite structure by arranging or producing layers and/or components (150) on or above an initially exposed surface (5) of the solid (1), the exposed surface (5) being part of the solid-state layer (4) to be separated; introducing an external force into the solid (1) in order to create stresses in the solid (1), the external force being so great that the stresses cause a crack to propagate along the separation plane (8), wherein the modifications for forming the separation plane (8) are produced before the composite structure is produced.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2018Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Siltectra GmbHInventors: Marko Swoboda, Ralf Rieske, Christian Beyer, Jan Richter
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Patent number: 11833617Abstract: The invention relates to a method for creating a detachment zone in a solid in order to detach a solid portion, especially a solid layer, from the solid, said solid portion that is to be detached being thinner than the solid from which the solid portion has been removed.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2018Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Siltectra GmbHInventors: Jan Richter, Christian Beyer, Ralf Rieske
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Patent number: 11822307Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for generating control data for the secondary machining of a solid body (1), in particular wafer, which is modified by means of laser beams (10). The interior of said solid body (1) has multiple modifications (12), said modifications (12) having been produced by means of laser beams (10).Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2017Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Siltectra GmbHInventors: Marko Swoboda, Ralf Rieske, Jan Richter, Franz Schilling
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Patent number: 11786995Abstract: A method for cutting off at least one portion, in particular a wafer, from a solid body is contemplated. The method includes: modifying the crystal lattice of the solid body by means of a modifier, wherein a number of modifications are produced to form a nonplanar, in particular convex, detachment region in the interior of the solid body, wherein the modifications are produced in accordance with predetermined parameters, wherein the predetermined parameters describe a relationship between a deformation of the portion and a defined further treatment of the portion, detaching the portion from the solid body.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2016Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Siltectra GmbHInventor: Jan Richter
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Patent number: 11787083Abstract: The invention relates to a production facility (40) for detaching wafers (2) from donor substrates (4).Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2018Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Siltectra GmbHInventors: Marko Swoboda, Christian Beyer, Ralf Rieske, Albrecht Ullrich, Jan Richter
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Patent number: 11772201Abstract: A method for producing microcracks in an interior of a composite structure includes: providing or producing the composite structure which has a solid body and at least one metallic coating and/or electrical components situated or provided on one side of the solid body, the solid body containing or being made of silicon carbide (SiC); and producing modifications in the interior of the solid body. Laser radiation is introduced into a flat surface of the solid body to cause multiphoton excitation which brings about plasma generation. The modifications are effected by the plasma in the form of a material transformation which generates compressive stresses in the solid body, thereby developing subcritical cracks in a surrounding area of a particular modification. The laser radiation is introduced into the solid body in pulses having an intensity which reaches a maximum within 10 ns after a start of a particular pulse.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2019Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: Siltectra GmbHInventors: Jan Richter, Marko Swoboda
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Patent number: 11699616Abstract: A method for producing a layer of solid material includes: providing a solid body having opposing first and second surfaces, the second surface being part of the layer of solid material; generating defects by means of multiphoton excitation caused by at least one laser beam penetrating into the solid body via the second surface and acting in an inner structure of the solid body to generate a detachment plane, the detachment plane including regions with different concentrations of defects; providing a polymer layer on the solid body; and generating mechanical stress in the solid body such that a crack propagates in the solid body along the detachment plane and the layer of solid material separates from the solid body along the crack.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2021Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: Siltectra GmbHInventors: Wolfram Drescher, Jan Richter, Christian Beyer
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Patent number: 11664277Abstract: According to claim 1, the invention relates to a method for providing at least one solid-body layer (4). The solid-body layer (4) is separated from a solid body (1).Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2018Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Siltectra GmbHInventors: Ralf Rieske, Marko Swoboda, Jan Richter
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Patent number: 11527441Abstract: A method for producing a detachment area in a solid body in described. The solid body has a crystal lattice and is at least partially transparent to laser beams emitted by a laser. The method includes: modifying the crystal lattice of the solid by a laser beam, wherein the laser beam penetrates through a main surface of a detachable solid portion of the solid body, wherein a plurality of modifications are produced in the crystal lattice, wherein the modification are formed in a plane parallel to the main surface and at a distance from one another, wherein as a result of the modifications, the crystal lattice cracks the regions surrounding the modifications sub-critically in at least the one portion, and wherein the subcritical cracks are arranged in a plane parallel to the main surface.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2021Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: Siltectra GmbHInventors: Christian Beyer, Jan Richter
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Patent number: 11518066Abstract: A method for treating a solid layer includes: providing a multi-layer assembly having a carrier substrate and a solid layer bonded to the carrier substrate by a bonding layer, the solid layer having an exposed surface including a defined surface structure, the defined surface structure resulting from a removal, which is effected by a crack, from a donor substrate, at least in sections; processing the solid layer, which is arranged on the carrier substrate; and separating the solid layer from the carrier substrate by a destruction of the bonding layer.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2020Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: Siltectra GmbHInventors: Franz Schilling, Wolfram Drescher, Jan Richter
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Patent number: 11407066Abstract: A method for creating a detachment zone in a solid includes: providing a solid which is to be processed; providing a laser light source; subjecting the solid to laser radiation from the laser light source so that laser beams penetrate into the solid via a surface of the solid portion that is to be cut off; applying the laser radiation in a defined manner to a predefined portion of the solid inside the solid such that a detachment zone or a plurality of partial detachment zones is formed; wherein a number of modifications are successively created in the crystal lattice by the applied laser radiation, and the crystal lattice fissures at least partially in the regions surrounding the modifications as a result of the modifications, the fissures in the region of the modifications predefining the detachment zone or the plurality of partial detachment zones.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2015Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: Siltectra GmbHInventors: Jan Richter, Christian Beyer, Ralf Rieske
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Patent number: 11309191Abstract: A method includes: providing a semiconductor body having a generation plane and crystal lattice planes which intersect the generation plane at intersecting lines; generating modifications in the semiconductor body by multiphoton excitation and which are spaced apart from one another, the modifications altering a physical property of the semiconductor body so as to form subcritical cracks in the generation plane; and separating a solid-state layer from the semiconductor body by connecting the subcritical cracks in the generation plane.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2019Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: Siltectra GmbHInventors: Christian Beyer, Jan Richter, Ralf Rieske, Marko Swoboda, Albrecht Ullrich
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Patent number: 11201081Abstract: Providing a solid body to be split into a number of layers of solid material, introducing or generating defects in the solid body in order to determine a first detachment plane (8) along which a first layer of solid material is separated from the solid body, providing a receiving layer for holding the layer of solid material on the solid body, applying heat to the receiving layer in order to generate, in particular mechanically, stresses in the solid body, due to the stresses a crack propagating in the solid body along the detachment plane, which crack separates the first layer of solid material from the solid body, then providing a second receiving layer for holding another layer of solid material on the solid body reduced by the first layer of solid material, introducing or generating defects in the solid body in order to determine a second detachment plane (9) along which a second layer of solid material is separated from the solid body, applying heat to the second receiving layer in order to generate, inType: GrantFiled: September 6, 2019Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: Siltectra GmbHInventors: Wolfram Drescher, Jan Richter
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Patent number: 11130200Abstract: A method for producing a solid body layer having a domed or curved shape at least in sections includes: irradiating a surface of the solid body by laser beams emitted from a laser application device to produce a modified region within the solid body that includes modifications having an extension in a longitudinal direction of the solid body, the longitudinal extension extending orthogonally to the irradiated solid body surface, wherein the modifications are configured to guide a crack for detaching the solid body layer upon application of an external force; and enlarging the extension of the modified region in the longitudinal direction to increase stress produced by the modified region in unmodified material of the solid body, wherein enlarging the extension of the modified region in the longitudinal direction increases the probability of spontaneous splitting of the solid body layer from the solid body without application of the external force.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2017Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: Siltectra GmbHInventors: Ralf Rieske, Marko Swoboda, Jan Richter
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Patent number: 11059202Abstract: A method for creating modifications in a solid-state material is described, wherein a crack guidance region for guiding a crack for separating a solid-state layer from the solid-state material is predetermined by the modifications. The method includes: moving the solid-state material relative to a laser processing system; successively emitting a plurality of laser beams from the laser processing system to the solid-state material to create at least one modification within the solid-state material; and continuously adjusting the laser processing system for defined focusing of the plurality of laser beams and/or for adjustment of energy of the plurality of laser beams as a function of at least one parameter.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2016Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: Siltectra GmbHInventors: Ralf Rieske, Christian Beyer, Christoph Guenther, Jan Richter, Marko Swoboda
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Patent number: 11014199Abstract: The invention relates to a method for creating a detachment zone (2) in a solid (1) in order to detach a solid portion (12), especially a solid layer (12), from the solid (1), said solid portion (12) that is to be detached being thinner than the solid from which the solid portion (12) has been removed.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2020Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: Siltectra GmbHInventor: Christian Beyer
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Patent number: 11004723Abstract: A method for producing a layer of solid material includes: providing a solid body having opposing first and second surfaces, the second surface being part of the layer of solid material; generating defects by means of multiphoton excitation caused by at least one laser beam penetrating into the solid body via the second surface and acting in an inner structure of the solid body to generate a detachment plane, the detachment plane including regions with different concentrations of defects; providing a polymer layer on the solid body; and subjecting the polymer layer to temperature conditions to generate mechanical stress in the solid body, including cooling of the polymer layer to a temperature below ambient temperature, the cooling taking place such that due to stresses a crack propagates in the solid body along the detachment plane and the layer of solid material separates from the solid body along the crack.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2020Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: Siltectra GmbHInventors: Wolfram Drescher, Jan Richter, Christian Beyer
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Patent number: 10994442Abstract: The invention relates to a method for separating solid-body slices (1) from a donor substrate (2).Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2016Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: Siltectra GmbHInventors: Marko Swoboda, Christian Beyer, Franz Schilling, Jan Richter
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Patent number: 10978311Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for separating at least one solid-body layer (4) from at least one solid body (1). Thereby, the method as claimed in the invention comprises the steps: creating a plurality of modifications (9) by means of laser beams within the interior space of the solid body (1) to form a detachment plane (8), producing a composite structure by arranging or producing layers and/or components (150) on or above an initially exposed surface (5) of the solid body (1), wherein the exposed surface (5) is an integral part of the solid-body layer (4) to be separated, introducing an external force into the solid body (1) for generating tensions within the solid body (1), wherein the external force is so strong that the tensions initialize a crack propagation along the detachment plane (8), wherein the modifications for forming the detachment plane (8) are created before producing the composite structure.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2017Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: Siltectra GmbHInventors: Wolfram Drescher, Marko Swoboda, Ralf Rieske, Christian Beyer, Jan Richter
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Patent number: 10960574Abstract: A method for producing solid layers includes: providing a solid for separating at least one solid layer; fixing an accommodating layer for holding the solid layer on the solid, wherein the accommodating layer has a multiplicity of holes for conducting a liquid, wherein the accommodating layer is fixed on the solid by means of a connecting layer; and thermal loading of the accommodating layer for mechanical generation of stresses in the solid. A crack in the solid propagates along a detachment plane due to the stresses. The solid layer is separated from the solid by means of the crack. The accommodating layer includes at least one polymer material, and the polymer material undergoes a glass transition at a temperature lower than 0° C.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2015Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: Siltectra GmbHInventors: Jan Richter, Christian Beyer, Anas Ajaj