Surface activated room-temperature bonding in Ar gas ambient for MEMS encapsulation

Surface activated room-temperature bonding of Si and sapphire wafers in high purity inert gas was examined to package MEMS devices in various pressures. Si and sapphire wafers were successfully bonded in Ar gas ambience up to 90 kPa, almost the atmospheric pressure.

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