A case for 2-body material removal in prime LED sapphire substrate lapping and polishing
A case for 2-body material removal in prime LED sapphire substrate lapping and polishing
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DOI:
10.1016/j.jmapro.2012.11.005
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发表时间:
2013-01-01
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6.2
通讯作者:
Zhang, Harry
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作者:
Gagliardi, John J.;Kim, Don;Zhang, Harry
An alternative, and potentially better, means to process prime LED sapphire wafers is proposed. A brief history of material removal mechanisms suggests that brittle materials can be abraded in a ductile regime and that this can be a superior mode of removal. Advantages in material removal rate, surface finish and subsurface damage for a 2-body ductile removal of sapphire are shown relative to 3-body material removal. A major difficulty with this approach may be getting the LED manufacturing industry to understand that the appearance of the sapphire surface is quite different, unfamiliar yet predictable. Finally, some potential alternative process approaches are discussed that utilize 2-body material removal. (C) 2012 The Society of Manufacturing Engineers. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.