Patent Publication Number: US-11380648-B2

Title: Process for manufacturing assembly pads on a carrier for the self-assembly of an electronic circuit on the carrier

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION 
     The present patent application claims the priority benefit of French patent application FR16/60626 which is herein incorporated by reference. 
     FIELD 
     The present invention concerns a method of manufacturing pads on a support for the implementation of a method of self-assembly of an electronic circuit onto the support. 
     BACKGROUND 
     For certain applications, an electronic circuit or a plurality of electronic circuits, for example, integrated circuits, are bonded to a support. The support for example corresponds to another integrated circuit. The bonding may be performed by molecular bonding or by thermocompression. 
     Before bonding the integrated circuit to the support, it is necessary to correctly place the integrated circuit with respect to the support. This may be achieved by a method of self-assembly of the integrated circuit to the support. 
       FIGS. 1A to 1C  are partial simplified cross-section views of structures obtained at successive steps of an example of a method of self-assembly of an electronic circuit  10 , for example, an integrated circuit, to a support  11 , and  FIGS. 2A to 2C  are respective top views of the structures shown in  FIGS. 1A to 1C . 
     Support  11  comprises a substrate  12  made of a material of low wettability, for example, silicon, and comprises, at the surface of substrate  12 , a pad  14  of a material of high wettability. Support  11  may comprise a plurality of pads  14 . A drop  16  of a liquid, for example demineralized water, is arranged on pad  14  ( FIGS. 1A and 2A ). Pad  14  may be formed by forming a silicon oxide layer on substrate  12  and by etching the obtained layer to delimit pad  14 . The silicon oxide layer may have a thickness in the order of 50 nm. 
     Generally, the wettability of a material may be characterized by the angle θ of contact of a liquid drop on the material. The smaller the contact angle, the higher the wettability of the material. In the cross-section plane of  FIG. 1A , the liquid/air interface  18  of drop  16  is in contact with pad  14  at contact points P and P′. Call T the tangent to interface  18  at contact point P (or P′). Angle θ of contact of drop  16  on pad  14  is the angle between tangent T and the surface of pad  14 , the surface of pad  14  being horizontal. When drop  16  is at rest, the measured angle θ is the static contact angle. 
     Electronic circuit  10  is then brought closer to pad  14  to come into contact with drop  16 . In this approach phase, electronic circuit  10  may be shifted and inclined with respect to pad  14  ( FIGS. 1B and 2B ). 
     The forces exerted by drop  16  on electronic circuit  10  then displace electronic circuit  10  to the desired alignment relative to pad  14  ( FIGS. 1C and 2C ) without for any external action to be necessary. 
     The method of bonding electronic circuit  10  to support  11 , for example, by molecular bonding or by thermocompression, may then be implemented. 
     For the self-assembly method to take place properly, it is necessary for drop  16  to remain confined on pad  14  all along the alignment of electronic circuit  10  relative to support  11 . In the previously-described example of self-assembly method, the confinement of drop  16  on pad  14  all along the self-assembly method is obtained by the wettability difference between pad  14  and substrate  12 . The higher the wettability difference, the more drop  16  tends to remain confined on pad  14 . 
     However, with known methods, it may be difficult to obtain a significant wettability difference between pad  14  and substrate  12 . Errors in the placing of drop  16  on support  11  may then occur and drop  16  may leave pad  14  during the self-assembly process. 
     There thus is a need to form self-assembly pads enabling to improve the confinement of drops of liquid on a support for the implementation of a self-assembly method. 
     It is further desirable for the pad manufacturing method to be compatible with conventional electronic circuit manufacturing techniques. 
     SUMMARY 
     An object of the invention is to overcome all or part of the disadvantages of known supports comprising pads for the implementation of a self-assembly method and known methods of manufacturing such pads. 
     Another object of the present invention is to improve the confinement of liquid drops on pads of a support for the implementation of a self-assembly method. 
     Another object of the present invention is to increase the wettability difference between each pad and the substrate surrounding the pad. 
     Another object of the present invention is for the pad manufacturing method to be compatible with conventional electronic circuit manufacturing methods. 
     Thus, an embodiment provides a support intended for the implementation of a method of self-assembly of at least one element onto a surface of the support, comprising: 
     at least one assembly pad on said surface, a liquid drop having a static angle of contact on the assembly pad smaller than or equal to 15°; and 
     nanometer- or micrometer-range pillars on said surface around the pad, the liquid drop having a static angle of contact on the pillars greater than or equal to 150°. 
     According to an embodiment, the pillars have a height H and a width a measured in a plane parallel to the surface, adjacent pillars being spaced apart by an interval b measured in a plane parallel to the surface. Height H, width a, and interval b verify the following relations: 
     
       
         
           
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     where Γ is equal to the surface tension of the liquid, ρ is equal to the density of the liquid, and g is the gravitational constant. 
     According to an embodiment, each pillar comprises at least one amorphous silicon or polysilicon core. 
     According to an embodiment, each pillar comprises at least at its surface a fluorinated material. 
     According to an embodiment, the fluorinated material is a fluorocarbon material. 
     According to an embodiment, the support further comprises a protrusion comprising sides and a top, the assembly pad being on the top. 
     According to an embodiment, the sides comprise at their surface the fluorinated material. 
     An embodiment also provides a method of manufacturing at least one assembly pad on a support intended for the implementation of a method of self-assembly of at least one element onto a surface of the support, the manufacturing method comprising forming, on the support, nanometer- or micrometer-range pillars around the location of the assembly pad, a liquid drop having a static angle of contact on the assembly pad smaller than or equal to 15°, the liquid drop having a static angle of contact on the pillars greater than or equal to 150°. 
     According to an embodiment, the pillars have a height H and a width a measured in a plane parallel to the surface, adjacent pillars being spaced apart by an interval b measured in a plane parallel to the surface. Height H, width a, and interval b verify the following relations: 
             a   &lt;     b   4                 H   &gt;   b               b   &lt;       Γ     ρ   ⁢           ⁢   g               
where Γ is equal to the surface tension of the liquid, ρ is equal to the density of the liquid, and g is the gravitational constant.
 
     According to an embodiment, the method comprises depositing a layer of amorphous silicon or polysilicon on the surface and etching the amorphous silicon or polysilicon layer to form the pillars. 
     According to an embodiment, the method comprises de-positing a porous layer on the amorphous silicon or polysilicon layer. 
     According to an embodiment, the pillar-forming step comprises the forming at the surface of each pillar of a layer of at least one fluorinated material. 
     According to an embodiment, the method comprises ex-posing the pillars and the location to an ultraviolet treatment in the presence of ozone to form the assembly pad at said location. 
     According to an embodiment, the method further comprises the steps of: 
     depositing a liquid drop on the assembly pad; and 
     bringing the element into contact with the drop, which results in a self-assembly of the element with respect to the support. 
     According to an embodiment, the element is an electronic circuit chip. 
     According to an embodiment, the method further comprises the steps of: 
     drying the drop; and 
     bonding the element to the support. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       The foregoing and other features and advantages will be discussed in detail in the following non-limiting description of specific embodiments in connection with the accompanying drawings, among which: 
         FIGS. 1A to 1C , previously described, are cross-section views of structures obtained at successive steps of an example of a self-assembly method; 
         FIGS. 2A to 2C , previously described, are respective top views of  FIGS. 1A to 1C ; 
         FIGS. 3 and 4  are cross-section views of embodiments of a support comprising a pad intended for the implementation of a self-assembly method; 
         FIG. 5  is a detail view of  FIG. 3  according to another embodiment of the support; 
         FIG. 6  is a detail view of  FIG. 3  showing a liquid drop resting on the support outside of the assembly pad; 
         FIGS. 7 and 8  are respective top and side detail views of  FIG. 3 ; 
         FIGS. 9A to 9E  are partial simplified cross-section views of the structures obtained at successive steps of another embodiment of a method of manufacturing the support shown in  FIG. 3 ; 
         FIGS. 10A and 10B  are partial simplified cross-section views of the structures obtained at successive steps of another embodiment of a self-assembly method implementing the support of  FIG. 3 ; and 
         FIGS. 11A and 11B  are partial simplified cross-section views of structures obtained at successive steps of an embodiment of a method of manufacturing the support shown in  FIG. 4  and of a self-assembly method implementing the support of  FIG. 4 . 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PRESENT EMBODIMENTS 
     The same elements have been designated with the same reference numerals in the different drawings. For clarity, only those steps and elements which are useful to the understanding of the described embodiments have been shown and are detailed. The terms “approximately”, “substantially”, and “in the order of” are used herein to designate a tolerance of plus or minus 10%, preferably of plus or minus 5%, of the value in question. 
     In the rest of the disclosure, “hydrophilic material” designates a material for which the static angle of contact of a liquid drop on the material is smaller than 90° and “hydrophobic material” designates a material for which the static angle of contact of a liquid drop on the material is greater than 90°. 
       FIG. 3  is a cross-section view of an embodiment of a support  20  having an electronic circuit, not shown, intended to be bonded thereon by a self-assembly method. 
     Support  20  comprises a substrate  22  having a surface  24 , preferably substantially planar, and a pad  26  intended for the implementation of a self-assembly method. In the present embodiment, pad  26  corresponds to a portion of surface  24 . Support  20  may comprise a plurality of pads  26 . Support  20  further comprises micrometer- or nanometer-range pillars  28  arranged on a region  27  of surface  24  around pad  26 . 
     According to the invention, pad  26  has a high wettability, the static angle of contact of a liquid drop on pad  26  being smaller than or equal to 15°, preferably smaller than or equal to 10°, more preferably smaller than or equal to 5°. As will be described in further detail hereafter, the presence of pillars  28  and their hydrophobic preparation provide a low wettability to support  20  for the portion of support  20  surrounding pad  26 , the static angle of contact of a liquid drop on support  20  for the portion of support  20  surrounding pad  26  being greater than or equal to 110°, preferably greater than or equal to 130°, more preferably greater than or equal to 150°. 
     The measurement of the wetting angle may be performed by using the measurement device commercialized by GBX under trade name Digidrop—MCAT. The measurement comprises the deposition of a drop of demineralized water from 2 to 10 μl on a surface of the material to be studied, the acquisition of an image of the drop by an image acquisition device, and the determination of the contact angle by computer analysis of the acquired image. 
       FIG. 4  is a cross-section view of another embodiment of a support  30 . Support  30  comprises all the elements of support  20 , with the difference that pad  26  is formed at the top of an element  32 , also called protrusion, protruding with respect to surface  24 . Advantageously, pad  26  may then be located at the same height as the top of pillars  28 . The height of protruding element  32  may be in the range from a few micrometers to some hundred micrometers, typically, from 5 μm to 50 μm. Preferably, the height of the protruding element is substantially equal to the height of pillars  28 . Protruding element  32  comprises sides  33  substantially perpendicular to surface  24 . As a variation, sides  33  may be inclined with respect to surface  24  by an angle in the range from 10° to 90°, preferably from 45° to 90°. 
       FIG. 5  is a detail view of another embodiment of support  20  or  30  where each pillar  28  comprises a core  34  covered with a layer  36  of a hydrophobic material. Hydrophobic layer  36  may also extend on surface  24  of substrate  22  except for pad  26 . As a variation, pillars  28  may totally formed in the hydrophobic material. 
     According to an embodiment, the hydrophobic material is a fluorinated material, preferably a fluorocarbon material. As an example, hydrophobic layer  36  is based on fluorocarbon compounds of C x F y  type, where x and y are real numbers, x may vary from 1 to 5, and y may vary from 1 to 8. The thickness of hydrophobic layer  36  is for example in the range from 10 nm to 300 nm. 
       FIG. 6  is a detail view of  FIG. 3  showing a liquid drop  40  resting on pillars  28  and  FIGS. 7 and 8  illustrate dimensional parameters of pillars  28 . Three dimensional parameters of a pillar  28  will now be described, knowing that these parameters may be identical or different from one pillar to the other. 
     Call height H the height of pillar  28 . Preferably, pillars  28  have substantially the same height H. 
     The cross-section of each pillar  28  in a plane parallel to surface  24  may be substantially circular, ellipsoidal or polygonal, for example, triangular, square, or rectangular. As a variation, the cross-section of each pillar  28  in a plane parallel to surface  24  may have any shape. In the rest of the description, call width a the smallest dimension of the cross-section of pillar  28  in a plane parallel to surface  24 . As an example, when pillar  28  has a circular cross-section in a plane parallel to surface  24 , distance a may correspond to the diameter of the cross-section and when pillar  28  has a square cross-section in a plane parallel to surface  24 , distance a may correspond to the side of the cross-section. Pillar  28  may have a generally cylindrical shape, with a cross-section of pillar  28  which substantially does not vary according to the distance to surface  24 . As a variation, the cross-section of pillar  28  may vary according to the distance to surface  24 . As an example, pillar  28  may have a generally conical or truncated cone shape. 
     Call interval b the distance separating two adjacent pillars  28  measured in a plane parallel to surface  24 . Interval b between two pillars  28  may substantially not vary according to the distance to surface  24 . This is particularly true when pillars  28  have a generally cylindrical shape. As a variation, interval b between two adjacent pillars  28  may vary according to the distance to surface  24 . This is particularly true when pillars  28  have a generally conical or truncated cone shape. Pillars  28  are advantageously substantially regularly distributed on surface  24  outside of pad  26 . 
     The dimensions of pillars  28  are selected so that drop  40  of liquid substantially rests on the tops of pillars  28 . In particular, height H is sufficiently high and interval b is sufficiently low for a liquid drop deposited on pillars  40  not to be “impaled” on pillars  28  and not to come into contact with surface  24 . This is obtained when height H and interval b respect the following relations (1): 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
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     where 
             b   &lt;       Γ     ρ   ⁢           ⁢   g               
corresponds to the capillary length, that is, the radius of a drop of the considered liquid for which the surface tension energy is equal to the gravitational potential energy, “Γ” being equal to the surface tension of the considered liquid expressed in N/m, “ρ” being equal to the density of the considered liquid expressed in kg/m 3 , and g being the gravitational constant.
 
     When liquid drop  40  substantially rests on the tops of pillars  28 , the static contact angle θ c  of liquid drop  40  which is measured is greater than the static contact angle θ which is obtained when the liquid drop is arranged on a planar surface formed of the same material as the material at the surface of pillars  28 . 
     There exists a plurality of laws, called Cassie laws or Cassie-Baxter laws, which couple the static contact angles θ c  and θ and which particularly depend on the relative surface area of pads  28 . As an example, for pillars  28  having flat tops, static contact angles θ c  and θ are coupled by the following relation (2):
 
cos θ c =−1+ƒ(1+cos θ)  (2)
 
where f is the ratio, in top view, of the surface area occupied by pillars  28  in contact with drop  40  to the area of the base of drop  40 .
 
     In the case where pillars  48  are cylindrical with a square base, as shown as an example in  FIGS. 7 and 8 , static contact angles and are coupled by the following relation (3): 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
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     In the case where the tops of pillars  48  have a hemispherical shape, static contact angles θ c  and θ are coupled by the following relation (4):
 
cos θ c =−1+ƒ(1+cos θ) 2   (4)
 
     Further, in the case where the pillars have a rough material at their surface, the roughness r of this material is defined as the ratio of the real surface area of the material to the apparent surface area of the material, the apparent surface area being the surface area created by the projection of the real surface area on a plane. In the case where roughness r is greater than one, static contact angle θ in the previously indicated relations is replaced with the static contact angle θ* provided by Wenzel&#39;s relation (5):
 
cos θ*= r  cos θ  (5)
 
     A superhydrophobic static contact angle θ c , that is, greater than 180°, is obtained as soon as dimensions a and b verify the following relation (6): 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
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     According to an example, width a may be equal to 250 nm, interval b may be equal to 1 μm, and height H may be greater than or equal to 1 μm. According to another example, width a may be equal to 20 nm, interval b may be equal to 80 nm, and height H may be greater than or equal to 80 nm. 
       FIGS. 9A to 9E  are partial simplified cross-section views of structures obtained at successive steps of an embodiment of a method of manufacturing support  20  shown in  FIG. 3 .  FIGS. 9A to 9E  show a single pad  26 . It should be clear that the present embodiment of the manufacturing method may be implemented to simultaneously form a plurality of pads  26 . 
       FIG. 9A  shows support  20 . In  FIGS. 9A to 9E , support  20  has been shown in the form of an electronic circuit comprising a semiconductor substrate  50  having electronic components  51  formed inside and on top of it, substrate  50  being covered with a stack  52  of insulating layers between which electrically conductive tracks  54  are formed and through which electrically conductive vias  56  are formed. Surface  24  of support  20  for example corresponds to the free surface of a layer made of an electrically-insulating material, for example, of silicon oxide. Electrically-conductive elements  58  may be flush with surface  24 . 
       FIG. 9B  shows the structure obtained after the deposition of a portion  60  of resist on surface  24 . As an example, the thickness of resist portion  60  may be in the range from 500 nm to 3 μm, for example, in the order of 2.5 μm. The silicon oxide layer which delimits surface  24  particularly eases the bonding of the resist. The deposition of resist portion  60  may be performed by convention photolithography steps comprising: 
     depositing a resist layer all over surface  24 ; 
     exposing the resist layer to a radiation through a mask to copy in the resist layer patterns of the mask defining the contour of portion  60 ; and 
     dissolving a portion of the resist layer to delimit portion  60 . 
     The resist may be a “positive” resist. The resist portion exposed to the radiation then becomes soluble in a specific aqueous or organic solution, called developer solution, and the non-exposed resist portion remains non-soluble in the developer solution. The resin may be a “negative” resist. The resist portion exposed to the radiation then becomes non-soluble in the developer solution and the non-exposed resist portion remains soluble in the developer solution. 
     Examples of resist comprise the following compounds: 
     phenolformaldehyde, for example, a mixture of diazonaphtoquinone (or DNQ) and of a novolack resin (phenolformaldehyde resin); 
     polyhydroxystyrene; 
     poly(methyl methacrylate) or PMMA; 
     poly(methyl glutarimide) or PMGI; and 
     epoxy-based polymer (for example, the resin sold under trade name SU-8 by Microchem). 
       FIG. 9C  shows the structure obtained after the deposition of a layer  64  of amorphous silicon or polysilicon. Advantageously, the deposition is carried out at a temperature compatible with the resist, for example, at a temperature lower than 300° C. Layer  64  may be deposited by physical vapor deposition or PVD methods. Preferably, the thickness of layer  64  is substantially equal to the height H desired for pillars  28 . 
       FIG. 9D  shows the structure obtained after the forming of pillars  28  in layer  64 . Pillars  28  may be obtained by the implementation of methods similar to those used to obtain black silicon from a single crystal silicon layer. 
     This may be obtained by etching of layer  64  in etching conditions causing the forming of pillars  28 . According to an embodiment, the etching is performed in an etching reactor, for example, an inductively coupled plasma (ICP) reactor. The etching may be a reactive ion etching or RIE. The etching may be performed by using a fluorinated etching gas, for example, sulfur hexafluoride (SF 6 ) or nitrogen trifluoride (NF 3 ), and an oxidizing gas, for example, oxygen (O 2 ). A dilution gas, for example, argon (Ar), helium (He), or hydrogen bromide (HBr) may be provided. The ratio F/O of the fluorinated etching gas to the oxidizing gas is selected to obtain the forming of pillars  28  with the desired dimensions. The temperature in the etching reactor is preferably lower than 60° C. The pressure in the reactor may be in the range from 1.3 Pa (approximately 10 mTorr) to 8 Pa (approximately 60 mTorr). The reactor used may be an ICP reactor with a source power in the range from 1,000 W to 2,000 W and a bias power in the range from 100 W to 400 W. The duration of the etch operation may be in the range from 100 s to 1,000 s. 
     The height H of pillars  28  depends on the etch depth and thus on the duration of the etching process. Height H may be increased by increasing the duration of the etch step. Width a may be increased by increasing the proportion of the oxidizing gas and thus by decreasing ratio F/O. Interval b may be increased by increasing the proportion of the fluorinated etching gas and thus by increasing ratio F/O. 
     Amorphous silicon or polysilicon layer  64  may be covered with a layer of silicon oxide, called native oxide, which automatically forms at the surface of silicon in the presence of oxygen. The step of etching amorphous silicon or polysilicon layer  64  may then be preceded by a step of etching the native oxide layer. The etching of the native oxide may be an etching implementing a plasma made up of argon or of carbon tetrafluoride (CF 4 ). The pressure in the reactor may be in the range from 5 mTorr (approximately 0.7 Pa) to 20 mTorr (2.7 Pa). The reactor used may be an ICP reactor with a source power in the range from 100 W to 300 W and a bias power in the range from 50 W to 400 W. The duration of the etch operation may be a few seconds. 
     According to another embodiment, the step of forming pillars  28  comprises the deposition, on amorphous silicon or polysilicon layer  64 , of a layer of a porous material, for example, silicon oxycarbide (SiOC). The deposition may be a plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition or PECVD formed for example at a 350° temperature, followed by an anneal using a source of an ultraviolet radiation. 
     The step of deposition of the layer of porous material is followed by a step of etching of the porous material layer and of the amorphous silicon or polysilicon layer. The porosity of the layer of porous material results in holes emerging at the surface. Upon etching, the relief at the surface of the layer of porous material is transferred onto amorphous silicon or polysilicon layer  64 , which causes the forming of pillars  28 . The etching may be a fluorinated etching. 
     After the step of etching pillars  28 , an embodiment of the manufacturing method may comprise depositing hydrophobic layer  36  all over the structure shown in  FIG. 9D  to obtain the structure of pillars  28  shown in  FIG. 5 . Advantageously, hydrophobic layer  36  is conformally deposited. 
     The deposition of hydrophobic layer  36  may be performed by placing the structure shown in  FIG. 9B  in a passivation plasma formed from octafluorobutene (C 3 F 8 ), hexafluoro-ethane (C 2 F 6 ), carbon tetrafluoride (CF 4 ), and/or trifluoro-methane (CHF 3 ). The duration of exposure of the structure shown in  FIG. 9D  to the plasma may be in the range from 3 to 30 seconds. 
     As an example, gases C 4 F 8 , C 2 F 6 , CF 4 , and/or CHF 3  may be introduced into the chamber of a reactor. A plasma is then formed at ambient temperature, for example, at approximately 20° C., by applying a radio frequency current adapted to the chamber. The pressure in the reactor chamber is for example from 10 Pa to 100 Pa. The plasma made up of the C 4 F 8 , C 2 F 6 , CF 4 , and/or CHF 3  gas may be formed in an ICP reactor with a radio frequency generator. 
       FIG. 9E  shows the structure obtained after the removal of resist portion  60  to expose portion  66  of surface  24  which used to be covered with resist portion  60 . The removal step may be carried out by placing the structure obtained at step  9 D in a bath of a solvent capable of dissolving resin. The duration of the treatment in the bath is for example in the range from 40 seconds to 1 minute. The solvent is for example acetone or N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone. Advantageously, ultrasounds are applied to support  20  during its immersion in the bath. As an example, the frequency of the ultrasounds is in the range from 45 kHz to 47 kHz. 
     According to an embodiment, the method further comprises a treatment causing an increase in the wettability of portion  66  exposed to form the pad  26  of high wettability intended for the implementation of a self-assembly method. The treatment comprises exposing the entire structure shown in  FIG. 9E  to an ultraviolet radiation in the presence of ozone. The ultraviolet radiation comprises a first ultraviolet radiation at a first wavelength in the range from 182 nm to 187 nm, for example, in the order of 184.9 nm, and a second ultraviolet radiation at a second wavelength in the range from 250 nm to 255 nm, for example, in the order of 253.7 nm. The first radiation particularly enables to alter the hydrocarbon compounds present on portion  66 . The second radiation particularly enables to form active radicals from the ozone, the active radicals reacting with the hydrocarbon compounds to form volatile compounds which are discharged. The treatment may be implemented at a temperature in the order of 80° C. in an enclosure initially containing ozone. The UV treatment may be carried out at the atmospheric pressure. 
     Advantageously, pads  26  of high wettability are formed after the regions of low wettability surrounding pads  26 . The method of manufacturing the regions of low wettability thus does not cause a decrease in the wettability of the pads of high wettability. Further, the method of manufacturing the pads of high wettability causes no increase in the wettability of the already-formed regions of low wettability. For this purpose, advantageously, pillars  28  comprise at their surface layer  36  of a fluorinated material, preferably a fluorocarbon material. Indeed, the inventors have shown that the layer of the fluorinated material, preferably the fluorocarbon material, keeps a low wettability even after the treatment by ultraviolet radiation in the presence of ozone has been applied thereto. 
       FIGS. 10A and 10B  are partial simplified cross-section views of structures obtained at successive steps of an embodiment of a self-assembly method implementing support  20 , for example such as obtained by the implementation of the steps illustrated in  FIGS. 9A to 9E . 
       FIG. 10A  shows the structure obtained after the deposition of water on support  20  which has coalesced to form a water drop  68  on pad  26  and the placing of an electronic circuit  70 , for example, an integrated circuit chip, in contact with water drop  68 . The forces exerted by drop  68  on electronic circuit  70  then displace electronic circuit  70  to the desired alignment with respect to pad  26 . The deposition of water on support  20  may be performed by spraying. 
       FIG. 10B  shows the structure obtained after the bonding of electronic circuit  70  to support  20 . The bonding may be performed by molecular bonding or by thermocompression. 
     The method may comprise a subsequent step of removal of pillars  28 . This may be achieved by an etching operation stopping on surface  24 . 
       FIG. 11A  is a partial simplified cross-section view of the structure obtained at a step of an embodiment of a method of manufacturing the support shown in  FIG. 4 . The present embodiment of the manufacturing method comprises all the steps previously described in relation with  FIGS. 9A to 9E , with the difference that it comprises a step of forming element  32  protruding with respect to surface  24 , which may be implemented after the forming of resist portion  60 . Protruding element  32  may be formed by an anisotropic etch step, resist portion  60  playing the role of an etch mask. It may be a deep reactive ion etching or DRIE. The etching gas may be sulfur hexafluoride (SF 6 ). It may be a deep reactive ion etching or DRIE. A SF 6 /O 2  mixture or a BOSCH-type method alternating steps of plasma deposition of a polymerizing C x H y F z  gas and steps of etching, for example with SF 6 , is for example used for this purpose. 
       FIG. 11B  is a partial simplified cross-section view of the structure obtained at a step of an embodiment of a method of self-assembly implementing the support of  FIG. 4 . The forming of pad  26  at the top of protruding element  32  enables to benefit from, in addition to the wettability difference between pad  26  and region  27  surrounding the pad, an effect, called canthotaxis, of anchoring of the drop on the top of protruding element  32  to keep the drop confined on pad  26 . 
     The manufacturing method according to the invention is particularly adapted in the case where the bonding of electronic circuit  70  to support  20  or  30 , which is formed after the self-assembly, is performed by molecular bonding. Indeed, for this type of bonding, it is necessary to provide surfaces having an adapted roughness. The previously-described examples of manufacturing methods provide pads  26  having a RMS height for example in the range from 0.2 nm to 0.5 nm (measured on a measurement surface area of 1 μm 2 ), that is, adapted to a molecular bonding method. Further, since portion  26  has a high wettability, it is adapted to the forming of a hydrophilic molecular bonding. 
     In the previously-described embodiments, layer  64  is an amorphous silicon or polysilicon layer which is etched to form pillars  28 . According to another embodiment, layer  64  is replaced with a layer of a semiconductor material or of another type of material which is etched, for example, by photolithography techniques, through a mask to form pillars  28 . 
     Specific embodiments of the present invention have been described. Various alterations, modifications, and improvements will occur to those skilled in the art. In particular, in the previously-described embodiments, support  20  corresponds to an electronic circuit. As a variation, support  20  may be a glass substrate or a metal substrate.