Patent ID: 8440504

Claim:
A method for aligning and bonding a first element and a second element, the first element being a semiconductor die or substrate, the method comprising: obtaining a first element having at least one protrusion, the protrusion having a base portion made of a first non-deformable material and an upper portion made of a second, deformable material, different from the first material; obtaining a second element having a first main surface and a second main surface and at least one through-hole between the first main surface and second main surface; placing the first and second element onto one another; receiving in the through-hole of the second element the protrusion of the first element, the protrusion being arranged and constructed so as to extend from an opening of the through-hole in the first main surface to a position beyond an opening of the through-hole in the second main surface; deforming the upper portion of the protrusion, such that the deformed portion mechanically fixes the second element on the first element.