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Process for stripping color filter arrays from substrates

US4892616A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 28, 1988
Grant dateJan 9, 1990
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Expiry dateOct 28, 2008

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03F7/0007
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A process for stripping a color filter array coating from a substrate of a solid-state color image sensing device to recover the substrate so that it subsequently can be used to produce another solid-state color image sensing device, such process comprising contacting the coating with a stripping solution comprising chromic acid and sulfuric acid for a time effective to remove the coating from the substrate. The process efficiently removes all of the coating, even when the coating has been baked and hardened by various processing steps, and does not adversely affect the electrical properties of the device, the exposed bond pads, or the backside of the wafer.

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