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公开(公告)号:US20240051817A1
公开(公告)日:2024-02-15
申请号:US18363599
申请日:2023-08-01
Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l.
Inventor: Federico VERCESI , Gabriele GATTERE , Giorgio ALLEGATO , Mikel AZPEITIA URQUIA , Alessandro DANEI
IPC: B81B7/00 , B81B7/02 , H03K17/975
CPC classification number: B81B7/0058 , B81B7/02 , H03K17/975 , H01H2231/028 , B81B2203/04
Abstract: A microelectromechanical button device is provided with a detection structure having: a substrate of semiconductor material with a front surface and a rear surface; a buried electrode arranged on the substrate; a mobile electrode, arranged in a structural layer overlying the substrate and elastically suspended above the buried electrode at a separation distance so as to form a detection capacitor; and a cap coupled over the structural layer and having a first main surface facing the structural layer and a second main surface that is designed to be mechanically coupled to a deformable portion of a case of an electronic apparatus of a portable or wearable type. The cap has, on its first main surface, an actuation portion arranged over the mobile electrode and configured to cause, in the presence of a pressure applied on the second main surface, a deflection of the mobile electrode and its approach to the buried electrode, with a consequent capacitive variation of the detection capacitor, which is indicative of an actuation of the microelectromechanical button device.
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公开(公告)号:US20230029120A1
公开(公告)日:2023-01-26
申请号:US17958761
申请日:2022-10-03
Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l.
Inventor: Mikel AZPEITIA URQUIA , Giorgio ALLEGATO
Abstract: A semiconductor device for ambient sensing including: a cap traversed by a hole; and a main body mechanically coupled to the cap so as to delimit a cavity, which is interposed between the main body and the cap. The main body includes a semiconductor body and a coupling structure, which is interposed between the semiconductor body and the cap and laterally delimits a channel, which fluidically couples the cavity and the hole. The channel performs a mechanical filtering that is finer than the mechanical filtering performed by the hole.
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公开(公告)号:US20220415703A1
公开(公告)日:2022-12-29
申请号:US17357826
申请日:2021-06-24
Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l.
Inventor: Mikel AZPEITIA URQUIA , Lorenzo TENTORI
Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to at least one embodiment of a die including a sidewall having a uniform surface and an irregular surface. The uniform surface may be a scalloped surface and scallops of the scalloped surface are substantially the same size and shape relative to each other. The irregular surface has a more irregular texture as compared to the uniform surface. The irregular surface may include a plurality of randomly spaced high points and a plurality of randomly spaced low points that are between adjacent ones of the high points. In a method of manufacturing the die, a cavity is pre-formed in a substrate and a multilayer structure is formed on the substrate. The multilayer structure includes an active area that is aligned with and overlies the cavity. After the multilayer structure is formed, at least one recess is formed extending into the multilayer structure to the cavity. Forming the recess forms a die structure suspended above the cavity and an extension extending from the die structure to a suspension structure surrounding the die structure. The die structure is released from the die suspension structure by breaking the extension.
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公开(公告)号:US20210262884A1
公开(公告)日:2021-08-26
申请号:US17168059
申请日:2021-02-04
Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l.
Inventor: Mikel AZPEITIA URQUIA , Giorgio ALLEGATO
Abstract: A semiconductor device for ambient sensing including: a cap traversed by a hole; and a main body mechanically coupled to the cap so as to delimit a cavity, which is interposed between the main body and the cap. The main body includes a semiconductor body and a coupling structure, which is interposed between the semiconductor body and the cap and laterally delimits a channel, which fluidically couples the cavity and the hole. The channel performs a mechanical filtering that is finer than the mechanical filtering performed by the hole.
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公开(公告)号:US20190210868A1
公开(公告)日:2019-07-11
申请号:US15866380
申请日:2018-01-09
Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L.
Inventor: Enri DUQI , Lorenzo BALDO , Marco DEL SARTO , Mikel AZPEITIA URQUIA
Abstract: A micro-electro-mechanical device, comprising a monolithic body of semiconductor material accommodating a first buried cavity; a sensitive region facing the first buried cavity; a second cavity facing the first buried cavity; a decoupling trench extending from the monolithic body and separating the sensitive region from a peripheral portion of the monolithic body; a cap die, forming an ASIC, bonded to and facing the first face of the monolithic body; and a first gap between the cap die and the monolithic body. The device also comprises at least one spacer element between the monolithic body and the cap die; at least one stopper element between the monolithic body and the cap die; and a second gap between the stopper element and one between the monolithic body and the cap die. The second gap is smaller than the first gap.
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公开(公告)号:US20220165892A1
公开(公告)日:2022-05-26
申请号:US17668739
申请日:2022-02-10
Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
Inventor: Luca SEGHIZZI , Linda MONTAGNA , Giuseppe VISALLI , Mikel AZPEITIA URQUIA
IPC: H01L31/0232 , G02B26/08 , H01L31/02 , H01L31/0203 , H01L31/113 , H02N1/00
Abstract: Disclosed herein is an integrated component formed by a first wafer having first and second trenches defined in a top surface thereof, and a second wafer coupled to the first wafer and formed by a substrate with a structural layer thereon that integrated an electromagnetic radiation detector overlying the second trench. A first cap is coupled to the second wafer, overlies the electromagnetic radiation detector, and serves to define a first air-tight chamber in which the electromagnetic radiation detector is positioned. A stator, a rotor, and a mobile mass are integrated within the substrate and form a drive assembly for driving the mobile mass. The rotor overlies the first trench. A second cap is coupled to the second wafer, overlies the mobile mass, and serving to define a second air-tight chamber in which the mobile mass is positioned.
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公开(公告)号:US20200262699A1
公开(公告)日:2020-08-20
申请号:US16869159
申请日:2020-05-07
Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L.
Inventor: Enri DUQI , Lorenzo BALDO , Marco DEL SARTO , Mikel AZPEITIA URQUIA
Abstract: A micro-electro-mechanical device, comprising a monolithic body of semiconductor material accommodating a first buried cavity; a sensitive region facing the first buried cavity; a second cavity facing the first buried cavity; a decoupling trench extending from the monolithic body and separating the sensitive region from a peripheral portion of the monolithic body; a cap die, forming an ASIC, bonded to and facing the first face of the monolithic body; and a first gap between the cap die and the monolithic body. The device also comprises at least one spacer element between the monolithic body and the cap die; at least one stopper element between the monolithic body and the cap die; and a second gap between the stopper element and one between the monolithic body and the cap die. The second gap is smaller than the first gap.
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公开(公告)号:US20180118558A1
公开(公告)日:2018-05-03
申请号:US15636380
申请日:2017-06-28
Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L.
Inventor: Enri DUQI , Mikel AZPEITIA URQUIA , Lorenzo BALDO
CPC classification number: B81B3/0021 , B81B7/0077 , B81B2201/0235 , B81B2201/0242 , B81B2201/0257 , B81B2201/0264 , B81B2207/012 , B81C1/00158 , B81C1/00269 , H04R19/005 , H04R19/04
Abstract: Method of manufacturing a transducer module, comprising the steps of: forming, on a substrate, a first MEMS transducer, in particular a gyroscope, and a second MEMS transducer, in particular an accelerometer, having a suspended membrane; forming, on the substrate, a conductive layer and defining the conductive layer in order to provide, simultaneously, at least one conductive strip electrically coupled to the first MEMS transducer and the membrane of the second MEMS transducer.
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公开(公告)号:US20230348258A1
公开(公告)日:2023-11-02
申请号:US18302610
申请日:2023-04-18
Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
Inventor: Mikel AZPEITIA URQUIA , Enri DUQI , Silvia NICOLI , Roberto CAMPEDELLI , Igor VARISCO , Lorenzo TENTORI
CPC classification number: B81B3/001 , B81C1/00158 , B81B2201/0264 , B81B2203/0127 , B81B2203/0315 , B81B2203/033 , B81B2203/0361 , B81B2207/11 , B81C2201/014 , B81C2201/0156 , B81C2201/0177 , B81C2201/0169
Abstract: MEMS structure, comprising: a semiconductor body; a cavity buried in the semiconductor body; a membrane suspended on the cavity; and at least one antistiction bump completely contained in the cavity with the function of preventing the side of the membrane internal to the cavity from sticking to the opposite side, which delimits the cavity downwardly.
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公开(公告)号:US20230064114A1
公开(公告)日:2023-03-02
申请号:US17821717
申请日:2022-08-23
Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l.
Inventor: Paolo FERRARI , Flavio Francesco VILLA , Roberto CAMPEDELLI , Luca LAMAGNA , Enri DUQI , Mikel AZPEITIA URQUIA , Silvia NICOLI , Maria Carolina TURI
Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a method for manufacturing a micro-electro-mechanical device. The method includes the steps of forming, on a substrate, a first protection layer of crystallized aluminum oxide, impermeable to HF; forming, on the first protection layer, a sacrificial layer of silicon oxide removable with HF; forming, on the sacrificial layer, a second protection layer of crystallized aluminum oxide; exposing a sacrificial portion of the sacrificial layer; forming, on the sacrificial portion, a first membrane layer of a porous material, permeable to HF; forming a cavity by removing the sacrificial portion through the first membrane layer; and sealing pores of the first membrane layer by forming a second membrane layer on the first membrane layer.
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