Wafer Cleaver Recipes (LSD-155LT)

The following table is a good starting point for several materials where users were able to successfully cleaved their samples. There are 3 modes of operations: Scribe and Break, Notch and Break and Notch and Drop. One will need to consider what is the best operating mode for their samples. Notch and Drop has the advantage of not having the wheel roll over the top of your sample. Although one can also insert a mylar film on the sample to protect from the rolling wheel.

Materials	Material thickness (um)	Operating mode	Scribe Pressure (psi)	Wheel Pressure (psi)	Comments
GaAs	125 to 675	Scribe & Break and Notch & Cleave	9 to 12	0.7 to 1.1	Typically thicker materials will require higher wheel pressure to break
InP	150 to 560	Scribe & Break and Notch & Cleave	6 to 8	0.5 to 0.8	InP is more brittle and should require less break pressure than GaAs
Si	130 to 500	Scribe & Break and Notch & Cleave	9 to 12	0.8 to 1.2	Thicker Si will need higher scribe and wheel pressures
InGaAs	250 to 500	Scribe & Break and Notch & Cleave	6 to 8	0.8 to 1.2
InSb	500	Scribe & Break and Notch & Cleave	7 to 12	0.8	There is less data on this material

Data: Foong Fatt, 2023