Patent ID: 9505084
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: B23K,H01L,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A joining method comprising: preparing two members to be joined, each of the two members to be joined having an oxide film disposed over a surface thereof, preparing an insert including an uneven structure for breaking an oxide film, the uneven structure including at least one protrusion having an aspect ratio of greater than or equal to 0.001, disposing the insert between the two members to be joined, applying pressure to the two members to be joined to break the oxide film of the two members to be joined with the uneven structure of the insert, and heating the two members to be joined to initiate a eutectic reaction between the two members to be joined and the insert, such that a eutectic melt produced by the eutectic reaction and the broken oxide film are discharged from between the two members to be joined.