Patent Publication Number: US-11398399-B2

Title: Components with backside adhesive layers

Description:
PRIORITY APPLICATION 
     This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62/815,935, filed on Mar. 8, 2019, entitled Components with Backside Adhesive Layers, the content of which is hereby incorporated by reference herein in its entirety. 
    
    
     CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     Reference is made to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 16/207,738 filed Dec. 3, 2018, entitled Module Structures with Component on Substrate Post, by Rotzoll et al., the content of which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety. 
     TECHNICAL FIELD 
     The present disclosure relates generally to printed or printable structures including components and methods for applying adhesive to such structures. 
     BACKGROUND 
     Substrates with electronically active components distributed over the extent of the substrate may be used in a variety of electronic systems, for example, in flat-panel display devices such as flat-panel liquid crystal or organic light emitting diode (OLED) displays, in imaging sensors, and in flat-panel solar cells. The electronically active components are typically either assembled on the substrate, for example using individually packaged surface-mount integrated-circuit devices and pick-and-place tools, or by sputtering or spin coating a layer of semiconductor material on the substrate and then photolithographically processing the semiconductor material to form thin-film circuits on the substrate. Individually packaged integrated-circuit devices typically have smaller transistors with higher performance than thin-film circuits but the packages are larger than can be desired for highly integrated systems. 
     Other methods for transferring active components from one substrate to another are described in U.S. Pat. No. 7,943,491. In an example of these approaches, small integrated circuits are formed on a native semiconductor source wafer. The small unpackaged integrated circuits, or chiplets, are released from the native source wafer by etching a layer formed beneath the circuits. A viscoelastic stamp is pressed against the native source wafer and the process side of the chiplets is adhered to individual stamp posts. The chiplets on the stamp are then pressed against a destination substrate or backplane with the stamp and adhered to the destination substrate. In another example, U.S. Pat. No. 8,722,458 entitled Optical Systems Fabricated by Printing-Based Assembly teaches transferring light-emitting, light-sensing, or light-collecting semiconductor elements from a wafer substrate to a destination substrate or backplane. 
     In some applications, an adhesive layer can be provided on the destination substrate or backplane to adhere the chiplets to the destination substrate or backplane. However, the deposition or patterning of adhesive can be problematic for some transferred or receiving structures. There exists a need, therefore, for alternative methods of adhering transferred chiplets to a destination substrate or backplane. 
     SUMMARY 
     The present disclosure provides, inter alia, component source wafer structures and materials and methods for making component source wafers. The component source wafer comprises printable components having adhesive disposed on a backside of the printable components. In some embodiments, a wafer substrate comprises a sacrificial layer having recessed portions and anchors. A component is disposed entirely over each recessed portion. A tether physically connects each component to at least one of the anchors. A layer of adhesive is disposed on a side of the component adjacent to the recessed portion. Each component is suspended over the wafer substrate and the recessed portion defines a gap separating the component from the wafer substrate. 
     According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the recessed portions are laterally separated by the anchors. A side of the component opposite to the recessed portion can have substantially no adhesive disposed thereon (e.g., having no intentionally present adhesive disposed thereon). The adhesive can be an uncured curable adhesive, for example that is radiation or heat curable. The adhesive can be an epoxy or resin. 
     According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the component is a cap. The component can be a planar cap or a non-planar cap or can have a planar side and an opposing non-planar side. The component can comprise a notch, for example having a rectangular, triangular, or trapezoidal cross section. The component can be a micro-device. 
     Some embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to providing printable components with a backside adhesive layer disposed thereon and include providing a wafer substrate comprising a sacrificial layer comprising recessed portions and anchors, providing, for each of the recessed portions, a component disposed entirely over the recessed portion, wherein the component is suspended over the recessed portion by at least one tether physically connecting the component to at least one of the anchors and the recessed portion defines a gap separating the component from the wafer substrate, and disposing a layer of adhesive on a side of the component adjacent to the recessed portion. 
     Some methods of the present disclosure comprise providing a directional removal agent and removing adhesive exposed to the removal agent. The removal agent can be a plasma such as an O 2  plasma. The adhesive layer disposition can be a substantially non-directional disposition and the step of disposing an adhesive layer can comprise providing a gas, vapor, or mist of adhesive. The step of disposing the adhesive can comprise spraying the uncured adhesive or disposing the adhesive by depositing a layer of material using atomic layer deposition. 
     Some methods of the present disclosure comprise providing the wafer substrate comprising the sacrificial layer, wherein the sacrificial layer comprises sacrificial portions and etching the sacrificial portions to separate the components from the wafer substrate by a gap. 
     Some methods of the present disclosure comprise providing a stamp, contacting the one or more components with the stamp to reversibly adhere the components to the stamp, and removing the stamp and adhered components from the wafer substrate, thereby fracturing the tethers. 
     Some methods of the present disclosure comprise providing a destination substrate and contacting the one or more components to the destination substrate with the stamp to adhere the one or more components to the destination substrate with the layer of adhesive. 
     The layer of adhesive can consist essentially of uncured adhesive and some methods of the present disclosure can comprise curing the uncured adhesive after contacting the component to the destination substrate with the stamp. Some methods of the present disclosure comprise removing the stamp from the components and from the destination substrate and curing the uncured adhesive after removing the stamp. 
     Some methods of the present disclosure comprise curing the uncured adhesive before removing the stamp and removing the stamp from the components and from the destination substrate. 
     Structures and methods of the present disclosure provide, inter alia, micro-transfer printable components having adhesive coated on one side of the printable components but not on a side opposing the one coated side. Micro-transfer printing the printable components can comprise contacting the uncoated opposing side with a stamp and transferring the components to a destination substrate with the stamp. The adhesive adheres the components to the destination substrate and the stamp is removed from the components. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       The foregoing and other objects, aspects, features, and advantages of the present disclosure will become more apparent and better understood by referring to the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which: 
         FIG. 1  is a cross section of a wafer structure according to illustrative embodiments of the present disclosure; 
         FIG. 2  is a cross section of a printed structure useful in understanding embodiments of the present disclosure; 
         FIGS. 3 and 4  are cross sections of multi-element components according to illustrative embodiments of the present disclosure; 
         FIGS. 5A-5L  are successive cross sections of structures made according to illustrative methods of the present disclosure; 
         FIG. 6  is a flow diagram illustrating methods of the present disclosure and corresponding to  FIGS. 5A-5L ; 
         FIG. 7  is a cross section of a module source wafer according to illustrative embodiments of the present disclosure; 
         FIGS. 8A-8E  are cross sections of a component according to illustrative embodiments of the present disclosure; and 
         FIG. 9  is a cross section of illustrative embodiments of the present disclosure. 
     
    
    
     The features and advantages of the present disclosure will become more apparent from the detailed description set forth below when taken in conjunction with the drawings, in which like reference characters identify corresponding elements throughout. In the drawings, like reference numbers generally indicate identical, functionally similar, and/or structurally similar elements. The figures are not necessarily drawn to scale. 
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF CERTAIN EMBODIMENTS 
     Micro-electro-mechanical structure (MEMs) devices and other optical, electronic, or mechanical devices are usefully employed in cavities in integrated devices and systems. Such cavities can mechanically protect and isolate the devices from other elements of the integrated devices and systems. It is often the case that such devices are formed in materials (e.g., silicon) that are different from and process-incompatible with other materials (e.g., GaN, GaAs, or InP) and structures in the integrated devices. Thus, there is a need for integrating a variety of devices comprising a variety of materials, some of which are usefully disposed within a cavity, into an integrated device or system. 
     Micro-scale devices can be transferred from a native source wafer of a source material to a non-native destination substrate of a material different from the source material using contact printing, for example micro-transfer printing with a stamp. In examples of such a process, one or more micro-devices are formed on a micro-device source substrate or source wafer and undercut from the micro-device substrate, for example by etching. A stamp contacts a top side of the micro-devices opposite the micro-device source substrate to adhere the micro-devices to the stamp. The stamp and adhered micro-devices are removed from the micro-device source substrate and the stamp presses the micro-devices against a destination substrate. The micro-devices can be adhered to the destination substrate with an adhesive layer applied to the destination substrate, for example by spin coating. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the destination substrate comprises structures disposed on a destination substrate surface that inhibit coating the destination substrate surface with the adhesive. In some such embodiments, it can be helpful to provide an adhesive on the transferred micro-device in addition to or in place an adhesive layer on the destination substrate. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, when a stamp is used to transfer the micro-devices from a source wafer, the adhesive is provided on the bottom (back) side of the micro-devices. 
     In some embodiments, a component  20  is a micro-scale device. In some embodiments, a component  20  is a cap. In some embodiments, a component  20  is a dielectric structure. In some embodiments, a component  20  has at least one of a width and a length no greater than 200 microns (e.g., no greater than 100 microns, no greater than 50 microns, no greater than 25 microns, no greater than 15 microns, no greater than 12 microns, no greater than 10 microns, no greater than 7 microns, no greater than 5 microns, no greater than 3 microns, or no greater than 1 micron). Components  20  can have a thickness no greater than 100 microns (e.g., no greater than 2 microns, no greater than 5 microns, no greater than 7 microns, no greater than 10 microns, no greater than 15 microns, no greater than 20 microns, no greater than 25 microns, no greater than 50 microns, or no greater than 1 microns). 
     According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, components  20  are transferred using micro-transfer printing with stamps  40  comprising stamp posts  42  (see  FIG. 5E  discussed below, for example) from a wafer substrate  10  (e.g., a native substrate) to a non-native destination substrate  50  (for example, as shown in  FIG. 2 ) but are not readily transferred using conventional pick-and-place equipment, such as vacuum-assisted transfer devices or mechanical grippers. In some embodiments of micro-transfer printing, components  20  are adhered to visco-elastic stamp posts  42  by rate-dependent van der Waals forces that are not print-compatible with conventional adhesives on stamp posts  42 . A conventional adhesive on stamp post  42  or top side  24  would overwhelm the rate-dependent van der Waals adhesion forces by more strongly adhering top side  24  of components  20  to stamp post  42 , thereby inhibiting (e.g., preventing) separation of the components  20 , thus disabling printing. Hence, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, a layer  30  of adhesive  31  is provided only on a back side  22  (bottom side) of component  20  so that top side  24  can be used for printing with a stamp post  42  employing rate-dependent van der Waals forces and layer  30  of adhesive  31  on back side  22  adheres component  20  to destination substrate  50 . 
     Referring to  FIG. 1 , some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a component source wafer  90  with printable components  20  having backside  22  adhesive  31  disposed thereon. Printable components  20  are native to component source wafer  90 . As shown in  FIG. 1 , a component  20  is disposed over a wafer substrate  10 . Wafer substrate  10  comprises a sacrificial layer  12  having recessed portions  14  and anchors  16  (for simplicity only one recessed portion  14  and anchor  16  is shown). Recessed portion  14  defines a gap (between wafer substrate  10  and component  20 ). Recessed portions  14  can be formed by etching sacrificial material within sacrificial portions of sacrificial layer  12  corresponding to recessed portions  14 . The sacrificial portion is etched before disposing layer of adhesive  30 . Therefore, before etching, sacrificial layer  12  is in contact with component backside  22 . Anchors  16  can be disposed beneath component  20  (no shown) or disposed laterally between recessed portions  14  so that recessed portions  14  are laterally separated by anchors  16 , as shown in  FIG. 1 . Component  20  is disposed entirely and directly over recessed portion  14  so that all of component  20  is directly above recessed portion  14  in a direction orthogonal to a surface of wafer substrate  10  and no portion of component  20  is laterally offset from recessed portion  14 . Each of one or more component tethers  18  physically connects each component  20  to wafer substrate  10  by at least one anchor  16 . A layer  30  of uncured adhesive  31  is disposed on a back side  22  of component  20 . Back side  22  (also referred to as a bottom side) is adjacent to recessed portion  14  and source component wafer  10  and opposite a top side  24  of component  20 . Top side  24  is on a side of component  20  opposite wafer substrate  10 . 
     Recessed portions  14  define an exposed gap between component  20  (and back side  22 ) and wafer substrate  10  so that component  20  is suspended over wafer substrate  10  (e.g., by component tether  18 ). By exposed, it is meant that recessed portions  14  have a means of egress for etchants that remove any material in sacrificial portions of sacrificial layer  12  and a means of ingress for adhesive  31  (e.g., as described further below). Layer  30  of adhesive  31  can be substantially disposed only on back side  22  of component  20  and substantially absent from top side  24 . By substantially absent it is meant that any adhesive  31  disposed on top side  24  of component  20  does not inhibit the micro-transfer process for components  20  from wafer substrate  10  to destination substrate  50  (e.g., as shown in  FIG. 2 ). In some embodiments, top side  24  of component  20  does not intentionally have any adhesive  31  disposed thereon and, therefore, top side  24  is substantially absent of adhesive  31 . Adhesive  31  in layer  30  can be an uncured curable adhesive  31  that can be cured, for example with radiation  74  (e.g., ultraviolet radiation, as shown in  FIG. 5K ) or heat. Such adhesives  31  can be or include, for example, epoxy, resin, or other organic materials. Components  20  can be transparent to radiation  74  that is used to cure adhesive  31  (e.g., can comprise suitable dielectric material(s)). 
     Referring to  FIG. 2 , destination substrate  50  comprises one or more cavity structures  52  that inhibit the deposition of adhesive  31  on a surface of destination substrate  50 . For example, destination substrate  50  can comprise a cavity structure  52  including a piezo-electric device  56  disposed on a cavity post  58  and surrounded by one or more cavity walls  54  within a cavity  80 . One or more cavity walls  54  can form a cube, elongated cube, or cylinder, for example, or have a cross section that forms a rectangle, polygon, or a combination of curved and straight-line segments, for example. Cavity structures  52  can inhibit deposition of an adhesive layer  30 , for example if deposited by spin or spray coating. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, a deposited adhesive  31  could undesirably coat cavity structures  52  and render them less functional (e.g., adhesive  31  on piezo-electric device  56  can disturb operation of piezo-electric device  56 ) or cavity structures  52  cannot be readily coated with an adhesive  31  as desired (e.g., cavity walls  54  cannot be exclusively coated with an adhesive  31  to adhere component  20  to cavity walls  54 ). 
     According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, cavity  80  can significantly mechanically isolate one or more cavity structures  52  within cavity  80  and enable the consistent and effective independent operation of structures disposed in cavity  80 . Thus, according to some embodiments of the present disclosure, one or more cavity structures  52  are provided within cavity  80 , where a cavity floor (e.g., destination substrate  50 ), cavity walls  54 , and a cap (e.g., component  20 ) are adhered to one or more cavity walls  54  with layer  30  of adhesive  31  form cavity  80 . In some embodiments of the present disclosure, component  20  is a cap for cavity  80 . As used herein, component  20  can be a cap that is a structure that covers or is constructed (e.g., sized and shaped) to cover cavity  80 . In some embodiments, component  20  is a cap that can be adhered to one or more cavity walls  54  or substrate  50  to provide protection from environmental contaminants. A cap can comprise one or more materials such as a dielectric material. 
     According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, a layer  30  of adhesive  31  is applied to component  20  instead of to destination substrate  50  (e.g., because destination substrate  50  comprises a structure that inhibits the application of adhesive). Because micro-transfer printing can use visco-elastic stamps  40 , adhesive applied to top side  24  of component  20  will undesirably adhere component  20  to stamp post  42  so that component  20  will not release from stamp  40  when component  20  is pressed against destination substrate  50  (e.g., a structure (e.g., cavity structure  52 ) included in destination substrate  50 ). Therefore, according to embodiments of the present disclosure, adhesive  31  is substantially present only on back side  22  (bottom side) of component  20 . 
     As shown in  FIG. 1 , component tethers  18  are laterally separated by and adjacent to anchors  16  and recessed portions  14 . In some embodiments (not shown), component tethers  18  are disposed beneath components  20  within recessed portion  14  and anchors  16  are beneath component tethers  18 . 
     Referring to  FIGS. 3 and 4 , according to some embodiments of the present disclosure, component  20  comprises multiple elements including, for example, one or more active elements  26  such as a semiconductor structure and, optionally, one or more passive elements  28 , such as a dielectric layer or electrical conductor. Any one or more of the multiple elements can be attached to at least a portion of component tether  18 , for example a dielectric layer can form a substrate for active element  26  that is attached to component tether  18  (e.g., as shown in  FIG. 3 ) or a dielectric layer can form an encapsulating layer for active element  26  that is attached to component tether  18  (e.g., as shown in  FIG. 4 ). 
     Referring to  FIGS. 5A-5L , which illustrate successive structures formed in methods according to the flow diagram of  FIG. 6 , a method of making a back side adhesive structure  90  comprises providing a wafer substrate  10  comprising a sacrificial layer  12  having recessed portions  14  and anchors  16  in step  100 . A component  20  is disposed entirely and directly over each recessed portion  14  in step  110 . Recessed portion  14  defines a gap between component  20  and wafer substrate  10  so that component  20  is suspended over wafer substrate  10  by a component tether  18  physically connecting each component  20  to at least one anchor  16 . A layer  30  of adhesive  31  is disposed on a side (e.g., back side  22 ) of component  20  adjacent to recessed portion  14  and wafer substrate  10 . 
     Wafer substrate  10  can be any useful wafer available, for example in the photolithographic, integrated circuit, or display industries, for example semiconductor, compound semiconductor, sapphire, ceramic, glass, polymer, or other wafers or substrate materials. Components  20  can be constructed using photolithographic processes and methods and can comprise active or passive materials (e.g., active elements  26  or passive elements  28 ) such as semiconductors (e.g., any combination of silicon, GaN, GaAs), piezo-electric materials (such as lead zirconate titanate (PZT) or potassium sodium niobate (KNN)), dielectrics (e.g., SiO2, SiN, polymers, resins, epoxies), or conductors (such as metals or conductive oxides) in any useful structure such as any one or combination of an integrated circuit, a computer chip, an LED, a sensor, a light conductor, a mechanical structure, an optical structure, an electronic structure, or a planar or 3D dielectric structure. Anchors  16  can be designated portions of wafer substrate  10  to which component tethers  18  are physically attached. A sacrificial portion of sacrificial layer  12  can be any material differentially etchable from wafer substrate  10  and component  20  (such as an oxide material in a semiconductor substrate) or an anisotropically etchable portion of wafer substrate  10  (e.g., crystalline silicon  111 ). 
     Referring to step  120  of  FIG. 6 , sacrificial portions of sacrificial layer  12  are etched to form recessed portions  14  (defining gaps) and component tethers  18  suspending components  20  over component substrate  10 , for example resulting in the structure illustrated in  FIG. 1 . 
     Referring to  FIG. 5A , in step  130  an adhesive  31  is disposed on back side  22  of component  20 , for example by using a spray coater  60  that forms a mist, spray, gas, or vapor of adhesive  31 . For example, SU-8 can be provided in a gas carrier or aerosol. As another example, organic materials can be provided using atomic layer deposition. Spray coater  60  can provide a substantially non-directional plume of adhesive  31 , e.g., provides a volume deposition as in chemical vapor deposition. A substantially non-directional vapor or plume of adhesive is one that can adhere to any exposed surface, including top side  24  and back side  22  of component  20 , as shown in  FIG. 5B . Layer  30  of adhesive  31  can form an unpatterned layer or a patterned layer and can be regular (as shown on top side  24  of component  20  of  FIG. 5B ) or irregular (as shown on back side  22  of component  20  in  FIG. 5B ) or can be entirely absent in some portions of any surface (forming a patterned layer  30  of adhesive  31 ). 
     Referring to  FIG. 5C , in step  140  adhesive  31  is substantially removed from top side  24  of component  20  by a directional removal agent for example a plasma  72  emitted from plasma source  70  that provides line-of-sight deposition, for example sputtering with gas ions. Plasma source  70  (or wafer substrate  10 ) can be physically moved to ensure that all of top side  24  of component  20  is exposed and any adhesive  31  is substantially removed or can emit plasma  72  in all necessary directions (e.g., at a wide angle) to substantially remove adhesive  31  from top side  24  of component  20 .  FIG. 5D  illustrates back side adhesive structure  90  after any undesirable adhesive  31  is removed. (Note that  FIG. 5D  is similar to  FIG. 1 .) 
     Referring to  FIG. 5E , once the undesirable adhesive  31  is substantially removed from top side  24  of component  20 , component  20  can be micro-transfer printed from wafer substrate  10  to destination substrate  50  in step  150 , for example by pressing and contacting stamp post  42  of stamp  40  (e.g., comprising a visco-elastic material) to top side  24  of component  20  (e.g., as shown in  FIG. 5F ) to adhere component  20  to a distal end of stamp post  42  with van der Waals forces, removing stamp  40  from wafer substrate  10  (shown in  FIG. 5G ) with component  20  adhered to a distal end of stamp post  42 , thereby fracturing or separating component tether  18  to form fractured or separated component tether  19 , and transporting stamp  40  and adhered component  20  to destination substrate  50 , as shown in  FIG. 5H . Referring to  FIG. 5H , destination substrate  50  includes cavity structure  52  that includes cavity post  58  and piezo-electric device  56  (as labelled in  FIG. 5I ). Components  20  removed from wafer substrate  10  are said to comprise at least a portion of a component tether  18  or comprise a fractured or separated component tether  18 . Stamps  40  can be controlled by opto-mechatronic motion platform systems with electronic control of mechanical systems and optical alignment. 
     Destination substrate  50  can comprise one or more cavity structures  52  (e.g., formed thereon). Referring to  FIG. 5I , stamp  40  is moved to contact layer  30  of adhesive  31  on component  20  to destination substrate  50  or any structure or structures (e.g., one or more cavity walls  54 ) and adhere component  20  to destination substrate  50  or the structure or structures. This step can be done in the presence of a desired atmosphere, for example vacuum, dry air, nitrogen, or other desired gas or liquid to be enclosed within cavity  80 . As shown in  FIG. 5J , stamp  40  can be removed from destination substrate  50 , providing an integrated cavity  80  with a cap (component  20 ), cavity walls  54 , and a cavity floor (surface of destination substrate  50 ), and any desired cavity structures  52  in cavity  80  (e.g., piezo-electric device  56  and cavity post  58 ). 
     Adhesive  31  can be a curable adhesive and can be cured in step  160 , for example by exposing adhesive  31  to radiation  74  (e.g., such as ultra-violet radiation from a radiation source such as an ultra-violet lamp) or heat (e.g., from a resistive heater), as shown in  FIG. 5K , to form a layer  30  of cured adhesive  32 , as shown in  FIG. 5L . (Note that  FIG. 5L  is similar to  FIG. 2 .) Referring to  FIG. 7 , in addition to component  20 , cavity structures  52  (e.g., piezo-electric device  56 ) can be disposed on destination substrate  50  by printing (e.g., micro-transfer printing) to form cavity  80 . In  FIG. 7 , destination substrate  50  is a substrate for module  97 . Module  97  is attached to anchor  16  of module source wafer  95  by tether  18 . Module  97  can be micro-transfer printed to a second destination substrate  50 . 
     In some embodiments, component  20  is a planar cap for cavity  80 . For example,  FIGS. 1, 2, 5A-5L, 7, and 8A  show embodiments where component  20  is a planar cap. In some embodiments, component  20  is a non-planar cap for cavity  80 . For example,  FIGS. 8B-8E  show non-planar caps. Component  20  can be non-planar on any one or more of its sides. Component  20  can have a planar side and an opposing non-planar side. Component  20  can comprise a notch  21 , for example provided on one side of component  20 . Notch  21  can have a rectangular ( FIGS. 8B, 8C ), triangular ( FIGS. 8D, 8E ), or trapezoidal cross section, or can have other cross sections. Notch  21  can be positioned between two or more protrusions of component  20 , for example as shown in  FIGS. 8B and 8D . Notch  21  can be recessed into a surface of component  20 , for example as shown in  FIGS. 8C and 8E . Notch  21  can have a narrow side or a wide side, for example a narrow side can be closer to an opposing side of component  20  than a wide side. Notch  21  can be designed and shaped to mate with a structure onto which component  20  is disposed, for example a structure disposed (e.g., formed) on destination substrate  50 , such as one or more cavity walls  54 , for example as shown in  FIG. 9 . Notch  21  can extend around or adjacent to a perimeter of a side of component  20  so that notch  21  can assist in locating component  20  on one or more cavity walls  54  and in encapsulating cavity  80 . In some embodiments, component  20  is not a cap, but is another structure, device, or element that is usefully adhered to a destination substrate  50  by a layer  30  of adhesive  31  applied to back side  22  of component  20 , either within cavity  80  or not within cavity  80 . 
     Reference is made throughout the present description to examples of micro-transfer printing with stamp  40  when describing certain examples of printing components  20 . Similar other embodiments are expressly contemplated where a transfer device that is not a stamp  40  is used to similarly print components  20 . For example, in some embodiments, a transfer device that is a vacuum-based or electrostatic transfer device can be used to print components  20 . A vacuum-based or electrostatic transfer device can comprise a plurality of transfer posts, each transfer post being constructed and arranged to pick up a single component  20  (similarly to stamp posts  42  in stamp  40 ). 
     According to some embodiments, micro-transfer printing can include any method of transferring components  20  from a source substrate (e.g., wafer substrate  10 ) to a destination substrate  50  by contacting components  20  on wafer substrate  10  (component source substrate) with a patterned or unpatterned stamp surface of a stamp  40  to remove components  20  from the source substrate, transferring stamp  40  and contacted components  20  to destination substrate  50 , and contacting components  20  to a surface of destination substrate  50 . Components  20  can be adhered to stamp  40  or destination substrate  50  by, for example, any one or combination of van der Waals forces, electrostatic forces, and magnetic forces. In some embodiments, components  20  are adhered to stamp  40  with separation-rate-dependent adhesion, for example kinetic control of visco-elastic stamp materials such as can be found in elastomeric transfer devices such as a PDMS stamp  40 . Stamps  40  can be patterned (e.g., having stamp posts  42 ) or unpatterned (e.g., planar). Stamps  40  can comprise stamp posts  42  having a stamp post area on the distal end of stamp posts  42 . Stamp posts  42  can have a length, a width, or both a length and a width, similar or substantially equal to a length, a width, or both a length and a width of component  20 . In some embodiments, stamp posts  42  can be smaller than components  20  or have a dimension, such as a length and/or a width, substantially equal to or smaller than a length or a width of component  20 . In some embodiments, stamp posts  42  each have a contact surface of substantially identical area with components  20 . 
     In exemplary methods, a viscoelastic elastomer (e.g., PDMS) stamp  40  (e.g., comprising a plurality of stamp posts  42 ) is constructed and arranged to retrieve and transfer arrays of components  20  from their native wafer substrate  10  onto non-native destination substrates  50 . In some embodiments, stamp  40  mounts onto motion-plus-optics machinery (e.g., an opto-mechatronic motion platform) that can precisely control stamp  40  alignment and kinetics with respect to both wafer substrates  10  and destination substrates  50 . During micro-transfer printing, the motion platform brings stamp  40  into contact with components  20  on wafer substrate  10 , with optical alignment performed before contact. Rapid upward movement of the print-head (or, in some embodiments, downward movement of wafer substrate  10 ) fractures or separates component tether(s)  18  forming fractured or separated component tethers  19 , transferring component(s)  20  to stamp  40  or stamp posts  42 . The populated stamp  40  then travels to destination substrate  50  (or vice versa) and one or more components  20  are then aligned to destination substrate  50  and one or more cavity structures  52  (if present) and printed. 
     A wafer substrate  10  can be any source wafer or substrate with transfer printable components  20  that can be transferred with a transfer device (e.g., a stamp  40 ). For example, a wafer substrate  10  can be or comprise a semiconductor (e.g., silicon) in a crystalline or non-crystalline form, a compound semiconductor (e.g., comprising GaN or GaAs), a glass, a polymer, a sapphire, or a quartz wafer. Sacrificial portions of sacrificial layer  12  can be formed of a patterned oxide (e.g., silicon dioxide) or nitride (e.g., silicon nitride) layer or can be an anisotropically etchable portion of sacrificial layer  12  of wafer substrate  10 . Typically, wafer substrates  10  are smaller than destination substrates  50 . 
     Components  20  can be any transfer printable structure, for example including any one or more of a wide variety of active or passive (or active and passive) components  20 . Components  20  can be any one or more of integrated devices, integrated circuits (such as CMOS circuits), light-emitting diodes, photodiodes, sensors, electrical or electronic devices, optical devices, opto-electronic devices, magnetic devices, magneto-optic devices, magneto-electronic devices, and piezo-electric device, materials or structures. Components  20  can comprise electronic component circuits that operate component  20 . Component  20  can be responsive to electrical energy, to optical energy, to electromagnetic energy, or to mechanical energy, for example. In some embodiments, component  20  is a passive dielectric cap for use in forming cavity  80 . 
     Components  20  formed or disposed in or on wafer substrates  10  can be constructed using integrated circuit, micro-electro-mechanical, or photolithographic methods for example. Components  20  can comprise one or more different component materials, for example non-crystalline (e.g., amorphous), polycrystalline, or crystalline semiconductor materials such as silicon or compound semiconductor materials or non-crystalline or crystalline piezo-electric materials. 
     In certain embodiments, components  20  can be native to and formed on sacrificial portions of sacrificial layer  12  and can include seed layers for constructing crystalline layers on or in wafer substrates  10 . Components  20 , recessed portions  14 , anchors  16 , and component tethers  18  can be constructed, for example using photolithographic processes. Components  20  can be micro-devices having at least one of a length and a width less than or equal to 200 microns (e.g., less than or equal to 100 microns, less than or equal to 50 microns, less than or equal to 25 microns, less than or equal to 15 microns, less than or equal to 10 microns, or less than or equal to five microns), and alternatively or additionally a thickness of less than or equal to 50 microns (e.g., less than or equal to 25 microns, less than or equal to 15 microns, less than or equal to 10 microns, less than or equal to five microns, less than or equal to two microns, or less than or equal to one micron). Components  20  can be unpackaged dice (each an unpackaged die) transferred directly from native wafer substrates  10  on or in which components  20  are constructed to destination substrate  50  or structures formed on or comprised by destination substrate  50 . 
     Anchors  16  and component tethers  18  can each be or can comprise portions of wafer substrate  10  that are not sacrificial portions of sacrificial layer  12  of wafer substrate  10  and can include layers formed on wafer substrates  10 , for example dielectric or metal layers and for example layers formed as a part of photolithographic processes used to construct or encapsulate components  20 . 
     Destination substrate  50  can be any destination or target substrate to which components  20  are transferred (e.g., micro-transfer printed), for example flat-panel display substrates, printed circuit boards, or similar substrates can be used in various embodiments. Destination substrates  50  can be, for example substrates comprising one or more of glass, polymer, quartz, ceramics, metal, and sapphire. Destination substrates  50  can include dielectric materials. Destination substrates  50  can be semiconductor substrates (for example silicon) or compound semiconductor substrates. 
     Patterned electrical conductors (e.g., wires, traces, or electrodes (e.g., electrical contact pads) such as those found on printed circuit boards, flat-panel display substrates, and in thin-film circuits) can be formed on any combination of components  20  and destination substrate  50 , and any one can comprise electrodes (e.g., electrical contact pads) that electrically connect to components  20 . Such patterned electrical conductors and electrodes (e.g., contact pads) can comprise, for example, metal, transparent conductive oxides, or cured conductive inks and can be constructed using photolithographic methods and materials, for example metals such as aluminum, gold, or silver deposited by evaporation and patterned using pattern-wise exposed, cured, and etched photoresists, or constructed using imprinting methods and materials or inkjet printers and materials, for example comprising cured conductive inks deposited on a surface or provided in micro-channels in or on destination substrate  50 . 
     In some embodiments, cavity structures  52  comprise a piezo-electric material, for example in piezo-electric device  56 , such as a piezo-electric transducer or piezo-electric resonator. In some embodiments, a piezo-electric material in cavity structure  52  can be used in an acoustic wave filter or sensor, such as a bulk acoustic wave filter or sensor or a surface acoustic wave filter or sensor. 
     A material of component  20  can be or include one or more of a semiconductor, a compound semiconductor, a III-V semiconductor, a II-VI semiconductor, or a ceramic (e.g., a synthetic ceramic). For example, a component material can be or include one or more of GaN, AlGaN, AlN, gallium orthophosphate (GaPO 4 ), Langasite (La 3 Ga 5 SiO 14 ), lead titanate, barium titanate (BaTiO 3 ), lead zirconate titanate (Pb[Zr x Ti 1-x ]O 3  0≤x≤1), potassium niobate (KNbO 3 ), lithium niobate (LiNbO 3 ), lithium tantalate (LiTaO 3 ), sodium tungstate (Na 2 WO 3 ), Ba 2 NaNb 5 O 5 , Pb 2 KNb 5 O 15 , zinc oxide (ZnO), Sodium potassium niobate ((K,Na)NbO 3 ) (NKN), bismuth ferrite (BiFeO 3 ), Sodium niobate (NaNbO3), bismuth titanate (Bi 4 Ti 3 O 12 ), sodium bismuth titanate (Na 0.5 Bi 0.5 TiO 3 ), wurtzite, and polyvinylidene fluoride. A component material can be or include a piezo-electric material that exhibits a piezo-electric effect. In some embodiments, component  20  can be processed or formed using photolithographic methods. A component material can be or include a dielectric, for example silicon dioxide, silicon nitride, or a polymer. 
     Examples of micro-transfer printing processes suitable for disposing components  20  onto destination substrates  50  are described in  Inorganic light - emitting diode displays using micro - transfer printing  ( Journal of the Society for Information Display,  2017, DOI #10.1002/jsid.610, 1071-0922/17/2510-0610, pages 589-609), U.S. Pat. No. 8,722,458 entitled Optical Systems Fabricated by Printing-Based Assembly, U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/461,703 entitled Pressure Activated Electrical Interconnection by Micro-Transfer Printing, U.S. Pat. No. 8,889,485 entitled Methods for Surface Attachment of Flipped Active Components, U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/822,864 entitled Chiplets with Connection Posts, U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/743,788 entitled Micro-Assembled LED Displays and Lighting Elements, and U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/373,865, entitled Micro-Transfer Printable LED Component, the disclosure of each of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. Examples of micro-transfer printed acoustic wave filter devices are described in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/047,250, entitled Micro-Transfer Printed Acoustic Wave Filter Device, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. 
     For a discussion of various micro-transfer printing techniques, see also U.S. Pat. Nos. 7,622,367 and 8,506,867, each of which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety. Micro-transfer printing using compound micro-assembly structures and methods can also be used in certain embodiments, for example, as described in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/822,868, filed Aug. 10, 2015, entitled Compound Micro-Assembly Strategies and Devices, which is hereby also incorporated by reference in its entirety. 
     According to various embodiments, wafer substrate  10  can be provided with components  20 , patterned recessed portions  14 , component tethers  18 , and anchors  16  already formed, or they can be constructed as part of a method in accordance with certain embodiments. Wafer substrate  10  and components  20 , micro-transfer printing device (e.g., a stamp  40 ), and destination substrate  50  can be made separately and at different times or in different temporal orders or locations and provided in various process states. Likewise, layer  30  of adhesive  31  can be cured before or after stamp  40  is removed from destination substrate  50  (for example as shown in  FIG. 5K ). 
     Because components  20 , in certain embodiments, can be made using integrated circuit photolithographic techniques having a relatively high resolution and cost and destination substrate  50 , for example a printed circuit board, can be made using printed circuit board techniques having a relatively low resolution and cost, electrical conductors destination substrate  50  can be much larger than electrical contacts or component electrodes on component  20 , thereby reducing manufacturing costs. For example, in certain embodiments, micro-transfer printable component  20  has at least one of a width, length, and height from 0.5 μm to 200 μm (e.g., 0.5 to 2 μm, 2 to 5 μm, 5 to 10 μm, 10 to 20 μm, 20 to 50 μm, or 50 to 100 μm, or 100 to 200 μm). 
     In certain embodiments, destination substrate  50  is or comprises a member selected from the group consisting of polymer (e.g., plastic, polyimide, PEN, or PET), resin, metal (e.g., metal foil) glass, a semiconductor, and sapphire. In certain embodiments, a patterned substrate  10  has a thickness from 5 microns to 20 mm (e.g., 5 to 10 microns, 10 to 50 microns, 50 to 100 microns, 100 to 200 microns, 200 to 500 microns, 500 microns to 0.5 mm, 0.5 to 1 mm, 1 mm to 5 mm, 5 mm to 10 mm, or 10 mm to 20 mm). 
     Components  20 , in certain embodiments, can be constructed using foundry fabrication processes used in the art. Layers of materials can be used, including materials such as metals, oxides, nitrides and other materials used in the integrated-circuit art. Each component  20  can be or include a complete semiconductor integrated circuit and can include, for example, any combination of one or more of a transistor, a diode, a light-emitting diode, and a sensor. Components  20  can have different sizes, for example, at least 100 square microns, at least 1,000 square microns, at least 10,000 square microns, at least 100,000 square microns, or at least 1 square mm. Alternatively or additionally, components  20  can be no more than 100 square microns, no more than 1,000 square microns, no more than 10,000 square microns, no more than 100,000 square microns, or no more than 1 square mm, for example. Components  20  can have variable aspect ratios, for example between 1:1 and 10:1 (e.g., 1:1, 2:1, 5:1, or 10:1). Components  20  can be rectangular or can have other shapes, such as polygonal or circular shapes for example. 
     Various embodiments of structures and methods were described herein. Structures and methods were variously described as transferring components  20 , printing components  20 , or micro-transferring components  20 . Micro-transfer-printing involves using a transfer device (e.g., an elastomeric stamp  40 , such as a PDMS stamp  40 ) to transfer a component  20  using controlled adhesion. For example, an exemplary transfer device can use kinetic or shear-assisted control of adhesion between a transfer device and a component  20 . It is contemplated that, in certain embodiments, where a method is described as including micro-transfer-printing a component  20 , other analogous embodiments exist using a different transfer method. As used herein, transferring a component  20  (e.g., from a component source substrate  10  or wafer substrate  10  to a destination substrate  50 ) can be accomplished using any one or more of a variety of known techniques. For example, in certain embodiments, a pick-and-place method can be used. As another example, in certain embodiments, a flip-chip method can be used (e.g., involving an intermediate, handle or carrier substrate). In methods according to certain embodiments, a vacuum tool or other transfer device is used to transfer a component  20 . 
     As is understood by those skilled in the art, the terms “over” and “under” are relative terms and can be interchanged in reference to different orientations of the layers, elements, and substrates included in various embodiments of the present disclosure. Furthermore, a first layer or first element “on” a second layer or second element, respectively, is a relative orientation of the first layer or first element to the second layer or second element, respectively, that does not preclude additional layers being disposed therebetween. For example, a first layer on a second layer, in some implementations, means a first layer directly on and in contact with a second layer. In other implementations, a first layer on a second layer includes a first layer and a second layer with another layer therebetween (e.g., and in mutual contact). 
     Having described certain implementations of embodiments, it will now become apparent to one of skill in the art that other implementations incorporating the concepts of the disclosure may be used. Therefore, the disclosure should not be limited to certain implementations, but rather should be limited only by the spirit and scope of the following claims. 
     Throughout the description, where apparatus and systems are described as having, including, or comprising specific elements, or where processes and methods are described as having, including, or comprising specific steps, it is contemplated that, additionally, there are apparatus and systems of the disclosed technology that consist essentially of, or consist of, the recited elements, and that there are processes and methods according to the disclosed technology that consist essentially of, or consist of, the recited processing steps. 
     It should be understood that the order of steps or order for performing certain action is immaterial so long as the disclosed technology remains operable. Moreover, two or more steps or actions in some circumstances can be conducted simultaneously. The disclosure has been described in detail with particular reference to certain embodiments thereof, but it will be understood that variations and modifications can be effected within the spirit and scope of the following claims. 
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           10  wafer substrate 
           12  sacrificial layer 
           14  recessed portion 
           16  anchor 
           18  tether/component tether/module tether 
           19  broken component tether 
           20  component/micro-device/cap 
           21  notch 
           22  back side/bottom side 
           24  top side 
           26  active element 
           28  passive element/dielectric layer/encapsulating layer 
           30  layer of adhesive 
           31  adhesive 
           32  cured adhesive 
           40  stamp 
           42  stamp post 
           50  destination substrate 
           52  cavity structure 
           54  cavity wall 
           56  piezo-electric device 
           58  cavity post 
           60  spray coater 
           70  plasma source 
           72  plasma 
           74  radiation 
           80  cavity 
           90  component source wafer structure 
           95  module source wafer 
           97  module 
           100  provide wafer substrate step 
           110  provide component step 
           120  etch sacrificial portions step 
           130  dispose adhesive vapor step 
           140  directional removal step 
           150  micro-transfer print component from wafer substrate to destination substrate step 
           160  cure adhesive step