Temporary bonding and debonding (TBDB) is a key technology
in the
semiconductor field to enable 2.5D/3D integration of devices. However,
the conventional polyimides, which serve as the laser-response material
in TBDB, exhibit extremely poor solubility in aprotic polar solvents
due to high-temperature imidization, limiting the cleaning process
for wafers after debonding. Herein, a feasible method of controlling
the curing temperature to enhance the solubility of thermoplastic
polyimide (TPI) has been developed. The results proved that the ultimate
solubility of TPI cured at 200 °C (TPI-200 °C) could be
as high as 28.4 wt %. Besides, TPI-200 °C exhibits excellent
heat resistance, outstanding mechanical properties, and ultrahigh
absorptivity (99.96%) at a 355 nm UV wavelength. Meanwhile, we demonstrate
the feasibility of the as-prepared TPI material for application in
the TBDB process, showing excellent efficiency and low cost, and the
follow-up elemental analysis of the cleaned wafer surfaces proved
that TPI-200 °C can be completely removed after debonding. All
these results demonstrate that TPI materials that can be used for
TBDB are promising for ultrathin chip packaging and wafer level packaging
(WLP) in the field of advanced electronic packaging.