CN107665813B - Processing method of lithium tantalate crystal substrate - Google Patents

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CN107665813B
CN107665813B CN201710880538.XA CN201710880538A CN107665813B CN 107665813 B CN107665813 B CN 107665813B CN 201710880538 A CN201710880538 A CN 201710880538A CN 107665813 B CN107665813 B CN 107665813B
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The invention discloses a processing method of a lithium tantalate crystal substrate, which comprises the steps of slicing, chamfering, blackening, grinding, rough polishing and fine polishing, wherein diamond polishing liquid is adopted in the rough polishing step and the fine polishing step, the diamond polishing liquid is composed of diamond micro powder, glycol, glycerol, ethanol ammonia and deionized water, the pH value of the diamond polishing liquid is 9-11, the content of the diamond micro powder is 20-25%, the content of the glycol is 8-15%, the content of the glycerol is 3-5%, the content of the ethanol ammonia is 0.1-0.3%, and the content of the deionized water is 60-65%. The invention can greatly improve the surface smoothness of the lithium tantalate wafer, reduce the surface roughness of the lithium tantalate wafer, eliminate stress and achieve the mirror polishing effect, thereby reducing the production cost and improving the qualification rate of products.

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Processing method of lithium tantalate crystal substrate
Technical Field
The invention relates to the field of processing methods of semiconductor devices, in particular to a processing method of a lithium tantalate crystal substrate.
Background
Lithium tantalate is a typical multifunctional single crystal material with a melting point of 1670 deg.C, a hardness of 5.5 Mohs, and a density of 7.459 g/cm3. Its dielectric constant ε110Is 51.7,. epsilon33044.5, piezoelectric strain constant d22Is 2.4X 10-11C/N、d33Is 0.8X 10-11C/N, coefficient of thermal expansion (a) 16.1X 10-5/℃、(c)4.1×10-8Typical directions are X, Z, Y36, Y42. It has excellent piezoelectric, electrooptical and thermoelectric performances, such as large electromechanical coupling coefficient, low loss, high-temperature stability, good high-frequency performance and the like. With the rapid development of mobile communication and information industries, lithium tantalate wafers are increasingly widely used to manufacture surface acoustic wave and bulk wave devices such as surface acoustic wave filters, resonators, etc., which have high frequency, medium frequency bandwidth, low insertion loss, high frequency stability, and miniaturization.
In order to obtain high-performance electronic components, the lithium tantalate wafer is required to have a complete surface lattice, an extremely high flatness, a damage-free ultra-smooth surface and no crystal orientation deviation. Even if the polished surface has tiny defects, the surface performance of the crystal material is damaged, and even the crystal structure is changed, so that the frequency precision and the frequency stability of the element are influenced. The lithium tantalate single crystal material belongs to a typical hard and brittle material, has mechanical properties such as cleavage property, anisotropy and the like, is difficult to obtain the surface of a wafer with high plane precision and no damage by grinding and polishing, and the polishing solution used in the polishing process is common nano-scale polishing solution, so that the processing time is long, and the obtained lithium tantalate has poor surface flatness (generally more than 50 nanometers) and poor smoothness and cannot achieve the mirror surface effect. The yield of the client is low, and the production cost of the client is increased.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to overcome the defects in the prior art, and provides a method for processing a lithium tantalate crystal substrate, which can greatly improve the surface smoothness of a lithium tantalate wafer, reduce the surface roughness of the lithium tantalate wafer, eliminate stress and achieve the mirror polishing effect, thereby reducing the production cost and improving the qualification rate of products.
The technical scheme adopted by the invention for solving the technical problem is as follows: a processing method of a lithium tantalate crystal substrate comprises the steps of slicing, chamfering, blackening, grinding, rough polishing and fine polishing, wherein diamond polishing liquid is adopted in the rough polishing step and the fine polishing step, the diamond polishing liquid is composed of diamond micro powder, glycol, glycerol, ethanol ammonia and deionized water, the pH value of the diamond polishing liquid is 9-11, the content of the diamond micro powder is 10%, the content of the glycol is 13%, the content of the glycerol is 4%, the content of the ethanol ammonia is 0.2%, the content of the deionized water is 72.8% or the content of the diamond micro powder is 13%, the content of the glycol is 10%, the content of the glycerol is 3.5%, the content of the ethanol ammonia is 0.3%, and the content of the deionized water is 73.2%, and the specific steps are as follows:
1) slicing: cutting a lithium tantalite crystal bar into wafers with the thickness of 270-280 microns by a slicing machine under the conditions that the linear speed of a steel wire is 400-1000 m/min and the temperature is 22 +/-2 ℃;
2) chamfering: under the conditions that the rotation speed of a grinding wheel is 600-800 rpm/min and the temperature is 22 +/-2 ℃, chamfering the right angle of the lithium tantalate wafer into a fillet of about R0.1 by using a chamfering machine;
3) blackening: reducing the lithium tantalate wafer by using an annealing furnace under the conditions that the nitrogen flow is 6-10L/min and the temperature is 450 +/-2 ℃;
4) grinding: under the conditions that the pressure is 20-60 KG and the temperature is 22 +/-2 ℃, the thickness of the lithium tantalate wafer is reduced to 220-230 microns from 270-280 microns by a grinder, the roughness is about 0.2 micron, and the thickness uniformity is within 3 microns;
5) rough polishing: under the conditions that the pressure is 20-60 KG and the temperature is 22 +/-2 ℃, a rough polisher and diamond polishing liquid are used for polishing the lithium tantalate wafer, the roughness reaches 0.05 micron, and the thickness uniformity is within 1 micron;
6) fine polishing: under the conditions that the pressure is 20-60 KG and the temperature is 22 +/-2 ℃, a lithium tantalate wafer is polished by a fine polisher and diamond polishing liquid, the roughness is below 1 nanometer, and the lithium tantalate wafer has a mirror surface effect and is free of stress.
The method has the advantages that when the diamond polishing solution is adopted in the rough polishing step and the fine polishing step for matching use, the surface smoothness of the lithium tantalate wafer can be greatly improved, the surface roughness of the lithium tantalate wafer can be reduced, the stress can be eliminated, and the mirror polishing effect can be achieved, so that the production cost can be reduced, and the product yield can be improved. In addition, compared with the common nano-grade polishing solution, the diamond polishing solution can greatly shorten the polishing period, thereby achieving the purpose of improving the labor productivity.
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FIG. 1 is a graph showing the relationship between the surface roughness of lithium tantalate and the polishing time in the example of the present invention.
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Example 1: a processing method of a lithium tantalate crystal substrate comprises the steps of slicing, chamfering, blackening, grinding, rough polishing and fine polishing, wherein diamond polishing liquid is adopted in the rough polishing step and the fine polishing step, and diamond micro powder content in the diamond polishing liquid is 10%, ethylene glycol content is 13%, glycerin content is 4%, ethanol ammonia content is 0.2%, and deionized water content is 72.8%; the method comprises the following specific steps:
1) slicing: cutting a lithium tantalite crystal bar into wafers with the thickness of 270-280 microns by a slicer under the conditions that the linear speed of a steel wire is 600m/min and the temperature is 22 +/-2 ℃;
2) chamfering: under the conditions that the rotation speed of a grinding wheel is 600rpm/min and the temperature is 22 +/-2 ℃, chamfering the right angle of the lithium tantalate wafer into a fillet of about R0.1 by using a chamfering machine;
3) blackening: under the conditions that the nitrogen flow is 6L/min and the temperature is 450 +/-2 ℃, reducing the lithium tantalate wafer by using an annealing furnace;
4) grinding: under the conditions that the pressure is 40KG and the temperature is 22 +/-2 ℃, the thickness of the lithium tantalate wafer is reduced to 220-230 microns from 270-280 microns by a grinder, the roughness is about 0.2 micron, and the thickness uniformity is within 3 microns;
5) rough polishing: under the conditions that the pressure is 40KG and the temperature is 22 +/-2 ℃, a rough polisher and diamond polishing liquid are used for polishing the lithium tantalate wafer, the roughness reaches 0.05 micron, and the thickness uniformity is within 1 micron;
6) fine polishing: under the conditions of 40KG pressure and 22 +/-2 ℃ temperature, the lithium tantalate wafer is polished by a fine polisher and diamond polishing liquid, so that the roughness is below 1 nanometer, and the lithium tantalate wafer has a mirror surface effect and is free of stress.
It should be noted that the diamond slurry must be subjected to a rigorous filtration process after it is prepared.
Example 2: a processing method of a lithium tantalate crystal substrate comprises the steps of slicing, chamfering, blackening, grinding, rough polishing and fine polishing, wherein diamond polishing liquid is adopted in the rough polishing step and the fine polishing step, and diamond micro powder content in the diamond polishing liquid is 13%, ethylene glycol content is 10%, glycerin content is 3.5%, ethanol ammonia content is 0.3%, and deionized water content is 73.2%; the method comprises the following specific steps:
1) slicing: cutting a lithium tantalite crystal bar into wafers with the thickness of 270-280 microns by a slicer under the conditions that the linear speed of a steel wire is 1000m/min and the temperature is 22 +/-2 ℃;
2) chamfering: under the conditions that the rotation speed of a grinding wheel is 800rpm/min and the temperature is 22 +/-2 ℃, chamfering the right angle of the lithium tantalate wafer into a fillet of about R0.1 by using a chamfering machine;
3) blackening: reducing the lithium tantalate wafer by using an annealing furnace under the conditions that the nitrogen flow is 10L/min and the temperature is 450 +/-2 ℃;
4) grinding: under the conditions that the pressure is 60KG and the temperature is 22 +/-2 ℃, the thickness of the lithium tantalate wafer is reduced to 220-230 microns from 270-280 microns by a grinder, the roughness is about 0.2 micron, and the thickness uniformity is within 3 microns;
5) rough polishing: under the conditions that the pressure is 60KG and the temperature is 22 +/-2 ℃, a rough polisher and diamond polishing liquid are used for polishing the lithium tantalate wafer, the roughness reaches 0.05 micron, and the thickness uniformity is within 1 micron;
6) fine polishing: under the conditions of pressure of 60KG and temperature of 22 +/-2 ℃, a fine polisher and diamond polishing liquid are used for polishing the lithium tantalate wafer, the roughness is enabled to be below 1 nanometer, and the lithium tantalate wafer is mirror-finished and stress-free.
When the diamond polishing solution with the two formulas is matched with the processing steps under the conditions that the pressure is 20-60 KG and the temperature is 22 +/-2 ℃, the roughness of the lithium tantalate wafer obtained when the diamond polishing solution is matched with the common nano-grade polishing solution and the conventional polishing technology is shown in the following table:
unit: nano meter
Sample numbering 1 2 3 4 5
General of 0.67 0.70 0.68 0.75 0.73
Formulation 1 0.32 0.30 0.28 0.30 0.26
Formulation 2 0.29 0.25 0.30 0.31 0.28
It can be seen from the above table that, when the processing method of the lithium tantalate crystal substrate of the present invention is used in combination with the diamond polishing solution, the surface roughness of the lithium tantalate wafer can be significantly reduced, so as to achieve the technical effects of mirror surface effect and no stress.
The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments. The above-described embodiments are illustrative examples, and any embodiments having the technical means recited in the claims of the present invention and substantially the same effects are included in the technical scope of the present invention.
FIG. 1 shows the relationship between the surface roughness of lithium tantalate and the polishing time under different polishing conditions, and it can be seen from the relationship that the time required for using diamond polishing solution is significantly shorter than that of the conventional nano-scale polishing solution to achieve the same surface roughness, thereby greatly improving the labor productivity.

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1. A processing method of a lithium tantalate crystal substrate comprises the steps of slicing, chamfering, blackening, grinding, rough polishing and fine polishing, and is characterized in that diamond polishing liquid is adopted in the rough polishing step and the fine polishing step, the diamond polishing liquid is composed of diamond micro powder, glycol, glycerol, ethanol ammonia and deionized water, the pH value of the diamond polishing liquid is 9-11, the content of the diamond micro powder is 10%, the content of the glycol is 13%, the content of the glycerol is 4%, the content of the ethanol ammonia is 0.2%, the content of the deionized water is 72.8% or the content of the diamond micro powder is 13%, the content of the glycol is 10%, the content of the glycerol is 3.5%, the content of the ethanol ammonia is 0.3%, and the content of the deionized water is 73.2%, and the specific steps are as follows:
1) slicing: cutting a lithium tantalite crystal bar into wafers with the thickness of 270-280 microns by a slicing machine under the conditions that the linear speed of a steel wire is 400-1000 m/min and the temperature is 22 +/-2 ℃;
2) chamfering: under the conditions that the rotation speed of a grinding wheel is 600-800 rpm/min and the temperature is 22 +/-2 ℃, chamfering the right angle of the lithium tantalate wafer into a rounded corner of R0.1 by using a chamfering machine;
3) blackening: reducing the lithium tantalate wafer by using an annealing furnace under the conditions that the nitrogen flow is 6-10L/min and the temperature is 450 +/-2 ℃;
4) grinding: under the conditions that the pressure is 20-60 KG and the temperature is 22 +/-2 ℃, the thickness of the lithium tantalate wafer is reduced to 220-230 microns from 270-280 microns by a grinder, the roughness is 0.2 micron, and the thickness uniformity is within 3 microns;
5) rough polishing: under the conditions that the pressure is 20-60 KG and the temperature is 22 +/-2 ℃, a rough polisher and diamond polishing liquid are used for polishing the lithium tantalate wafer, the roughness reaches 0.05 micron, and the thickness uniformity is within 1 micron;
6) fine polishing: under the conditions that the pressure is 20-60 KG and the temperature is 22 +/-2 ℃, a lithium tantalate wafer is polished by a fine polisher and diamond polishing liquid, the roughness is below 1 nanometer, and the lithium tantalate wafer has a mirror surface effect and is free of stress.
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