Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Mirror via conductivity for DMD pixel
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Application No.: US17808309Application Date: 2022-06-23
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Publication No.: US11703678B2Publication Date: 2023-07-18
- Inventor: Lucius M. Sherwin , Jesse Yuan , Noppawan Boorananut
- Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Applicant Address: US TX Dallas
- Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Dallas
- Agent Michelle F. Murray; Frank D. Cimino
- The original application number of the division: US15818973 2017.11.21
- Main IPC: G02B26/08
- IPC: G02B26/08

Abstract:
A method includes forming a first aluminum silicon layer on a metal layer and forming a titanium nitride layer (or other titanium-based layer) on a surface of the aluminum-silicon layer opposite the metal layer. The method further includes etching the titanium nitride layer to create a titanium nitride pad and forming a torsion hinge in the metal layer. The titanium nitride pad is on the torsion hinge. The method also includes depositing a sacrificial layer over the torsion hinge and titanium nitride pad, forming a via in the sacrificial layer from a surface of the sacrificial layer opposite the torsion hinge to the titanium nitride pad, depositing a metal mirror layer on a surface of the sacrificial layer opposite the torsion hinge and into the via, and removing the sacrificial layer.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220326508A1 MIRROR VIA CONDUCTIVITY FOR DMD PIXEL Public/Granted day:2022-10-13
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