Patent ID: 7390724

Claim:
A method for fabricating multi-layered substrates, the method comprising: providing a donor substrate comprising an overlying film of transfer material, the film of transfer material being characterized in a first state and having a face region; coupling the film of transfer material to a support member; attaching the face region of the film of transfer material to the support member; removing the donor substrate from the film of material to expose a backside region and free the film of transfer material from the donor substrate while the film of transfer material remains affixed to the support member; processing the film of material using the support member from the first state to a second state, the second state being characterized as a stressed state; attaching the backside region of the film of material in the second state, while being affixed to the support member, to a handle substrate; and releasing the support member from the film of transfer material to provide the handle substrate with an overlying film of transfer material.