Direct bonding of III-V detectors to silicon for infrared focal plane arrays

Steven C. Allen; Biswanath Roy; Joseph Meiners; Robert A. Jones; Darrel Endres; Yajun Wei; Mike Garter

doi:10.1117/12.2663782

13 June 2023 Direct bonding of III-V detectors to silicon for infrared focal plane arrays

Steven C. Allen, Biswanath Roy, Joseph Meiners, Robert A. Jones, Darrel Endres, Yajun Wei, Mike Garter

Proceedings Volume 12534, Infrared Technology and Applications XLIX; 125340M (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2663782
Event: SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing, 2023, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

L3Harris Technologies recently patented infrared detector arrays made by directly bonding a III-V Type II Superlattice (T2SL) detector to an optical silicon wafer. The process is performed at the wafer level and can replace L3Harris’ traditional adhesive bond. Direct bonding offers several advantages over adhesive bonding. First, higher operability and fewer defect clusters result due to the rigorous preparation of wafer surfaces before bonding. The number of antireflection coated surfaces is decreased from three to one. Higher quantum efficiency results from the improved transmission through the III-V/Si interface. This is critical for multi-band detectors, which operate over a relatively wide spectral bandwidth. Finally, the bond withstands higher processing temperatures than the adhesive bond. The process has been demonstrated on 150mm silicon with III-V wafers up to 125mm in diameter. The optical silicon remains in the finished focal plane array (FPA), serving as a protective window on the front surface of the delicate detector array. The silicon is a key component to L3Harris FPAs, forcing a coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) match between the detector array and the silicon readout integrated circuit. The CTE match enables large array formats and long thermal cycle life without shimming.

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Steven C. Allen, Biswanath Roy, Joseph Meiners, Robert A. Jones, Darrel Endres, Yajun Wei, and Mike Garter "Direct bonding of III-V detectors to silicon for infrared focal plane arrays", Proc. SPIE 12534, Infrared Technology and Applications XLIX, 125340M (13 June 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2663782

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