Wafers, made of glass, are the basis of the modern micro system technology. Glass has many advantages as a material such as high chemical and heat resistance, high electrical isolation, biocompatibility, large optical transition range as well as low optical absorption. Due to these properties, glass wafers are widely used in conventional microfabrication processes. And RENA has the perfect solution of glass wafer processing and glass etching for you!
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Microfabrication process allows the creation of diverse structures in a glass wafer. To achieve good quality in a structuring process, initial cleaning process is of crucial importance in processing glass wafer. RENA offers a wide range of glass wafer fabrication and glass etching: Diverse cleaning procedures in a batch adapted to needs of customer, degree and type of contamination, glass type and corresponding following application.
Process steps such as chrome etching can be integrated in a process sequence for structuring of chrome layer. RENA also offers equipment for etching of commonly used metals in a fabrication process, such as gold and nickel. Depending on the customers’ needs, RENA processing tools for glass wafers can also contain baths for glass etching and resist stripping.
The individual processing steps of glass wafers can be freely adjusted to the required throughout and specific customer needs:
Our Revolution Wet Processing System is a highly configurable multi-step wet bench for processing glass wafers. For many complex applications, it is the most ideal, low-cost solution for processes that require a multistep sequence. It can be configured for either semi-auto or full-auto applications. Our Revolution Wet Processing System offers up to 5 processing tanks located around its central rotary robot and provides field-proven, dry-to-dry Genesis technology. As with all RENA equipment, the glass wafer processing platform footprint is always a priority and kept minimal.
Looking at the Revolution Wet Processing System as a processing equipment for glass wafer with robust integrated rotary robot, customizable process tank configurations, and unique options, we create a powerful, versatile tool system that provides a reliable solution to every challenge like glass cleaning and glass etching.
Optics
Thousands of micro-optics components can be fabricated in parallel on a glass wafer using microfabrication process. Optical components such as lenses, mirrors, beam splitters and gratings can mostly be used in photonics, the semiconductor industry, or the medical field. Refractive and diffractive micro-optical elements are used for precise beam shaping. Micro-optics also play an important role in medical devices such as endoscopes, as well as laser-based devices and fiber communication networks.
Microfluidics
Many microfluidic systems are fabricated out of glass with microfabrication process. Microfluidic systems have become essential elements for biomedical instrumentation for diagnostics. Being transparent under a wide wavelength range, glass is the first candidate for micro bioanalytical devices such as microcapillary electrophoresis or devices for cell trapping or sorting. Microfluidic systems with sophisticated channel structure find their applications in devices for point of need testing (PON), and flow cells for single molecule handling of DNA for next generation sequencing (NGS).
Sensors
The technology for the microfabrication of glass is gaining in importance because more and more glass substrates are currently being used to fabricate MEMS devices. Today it is already implemented as a mature solution, such as pressure and acceleration sensors. Patterned wafers with cavities which can be obtained through etching are used to encapsulate the pressure sensor die. The encapsulation is done by using a wafer level packaging (WLP) approach.
Advanced cleaning solutions
Looking back at over 20 years of expertise in cleaning applications for various substrates, RENA offers advanced processing solutions for glass wafers like glass etching for diverse industries and challenging environments.
Our glass wafer batch processing and glass etching tools deliver the highest performance for the Glass, MedTech, Pharma, Advanced Optics and Semiconductor sectors. They fulfill cleanroom, ATEX and GMP requirements and are designed for water as well as organic solvent-based processes.
