Method and Apparatus for Maintaining Parallelism of Layers and/or Achieving Desired Thicknesses of Layers During the Electrochemical Fabrication of Structures
    21.
    发明申请
    Method and Apparatus for Maintaining Parallelism of Layers and/or Achieving Desired Thicknesses of Layers During the Electrochemical Fabrication of Structures 有权
    在电化学制造结构期间维持层的平行化和/或实现层的期望厚度的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20120181180A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-07-19

    申请号:US13356398

    申请日:2012-01-23

    IPC分类号: C25D5/48 C25D21/12 C25D5/02

    摘要: Some embodiments of the present invention provide processes and apparatus for electrochemically fabricating multilayer structures (e.g. mesoscale or microscale structures) with improved endpoint detection and parallelism maintenance for materials (e.g. layers) that are planarized during the electrochemical fabrication process. Some methods involve the use of a fixture during planarization that ensures that planarized planes of material are parallel to other deposited planes within a given tolerance. Some methods involve the use of an endpoint detection fixture that ensures precise heights of deposited materials relative to an initial surface of a substrate, relative to a first deposited layer, or relative to some other layer formed during the fabrication process. In some embodiments planarization may occur via lapping while other embodiments may use a diamond fly cutting machine.

    摘要翻译: 本发明的一些实施例提供了用于电化学制造多层结构(例如中尺度或微结构)的方法和装置,其具有改进的端点检测和用于在电化学制造过程中被平坦化的材料(例如层)的并行维护。 一些方法涉及在平坦化期间使用夹具,其确保材料的平面化平面平行于给定公差内的其它沉积平面。 一些方法涉及使用端点检测夹具,其相对于第一沉积层或相对于在制造过程期间形成的一些其它层,相对于衬底的初始表面确保沉积材料的精确高度。 在一些实施例中,平面化可以通过研磨发生,而其他实施例可以使用金刚石切片机。

    Electrochemical Fabrication Methods for Producing Multilayer Structures Including the use of Diamond Machining in the Planarization of Deposits of Material
    22.
    发明申请
    Electrochemical Fabrication Methods for Producing Multilayer Structures Including the use of Diamond Machining in the Planarization of Deposits of Material 审中-公开
    用于生产多层结构的电化学制造方法包括在材料沉积物平面化中使用金刚石加工

    公开(公告)号:US20120114861A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-05-10

    申请号:US13253856

    申请日:2011-10-05

    IPC分类号: B05D3/12 B05D1/36 C25D5/48

    摘要: Electrochemical fabrication methods for forming single and multilayer mesoscale and microscale structures include the use of diamond machining (e.g. fly cutting or turning) to planarize layers. Some embodiments focus on systems of sacrificial and structural materials which can be diamond machined with minimal tool wear (e.g. Ni—P and Cu, Au and Cu, Cu and Sn, Au and Cu, Au and Sn, and Au and Sn—Pb). Some embodiments provide for reducing tool wear when using difficult-to-machine materials by (1) depositing difficult to machine materials selectively and potentially with little excess plating thickness and/or (2) pre-machining depositions to within a small increment of desired surface level (e.g. using lapping) and then using diamond fly cutting to complete the process, and/or (3) forming structures or portions of structures from thin walled regions of hard-to-machine material as opposed to wide solid regions of structural material.

    摘要翻译: 用于形成单层和多层中尺度和微结构结构的电化学制造方法包括使用金刚石加工(例如飞切或车削)来平坦化层。 一些实施例侧重于牺牲和结构材料的系统,其可以以最小的工具磨损(例如Ni-P和Cu,Au和Cu,Cu和Sn,Au和Cu,Au和Sn以及Au和Sn-Pb)进行金刚石加工, 。 一些实施例提供了通过(1)选择性地沉积难以加工的材料并且潜在地以很少的镀层厚度沉积和/​​或(2)预加工沉积到期望表面的小增量内,以便在使用难加工材料时减少刀具磨损 (例如使用研磨),然后使用金刚石飞切切割来完成该过程,和/或(3)从硬质材料的薄壁区域形成与结构材料的宽固体区域相反的结构或部分结构。

    Methods of Forming Three-Dimensional Structures Having Reduced Stress and/or Curvature
    23.
    发明申请
    Methods of Forming Three-Dimensional Structures Having Reduced Stress and/or Curvature 审中-公开
    形成具有减小的应力和/或曲率的三维结构的方法

    公开(公告)号:US20110147223A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-06-23

    申请号:US13006814

    申请日:2011-01-14

    IPC分类号: C25D5/48 C25D5/10

    CPC分类号: B81C1/00666 C25D5/022

    摘要: Electrochemical fabrication processes and apparatus for producing single layer or multi-layer structures where each layer includes the deposition of at least two materials and wherein the formation of at least some layers includes operations for reducing stress and/or curvature distortion when the structure is released from a sacrificial material which surrounded it during formation and possibly when released from a substrate on which it was formed. Six primary groups of embodiments are presented which are divide into eleven primary embodiments. Some embodiments attempt to remove stress to minimize distortion while others attempt to balance stress to minimize distortion.

    摘要翻译: 用于生产单层或多层结构的电化学制造方法和装置,其中每个层包括至少两种材料的沉积,并且其中形成至少一些层包括当结构被释放时减少应力和/或曲率失真的操作 牺牲材料,其在形成期间包围它,并且可能当从其形成的基底释放时。 呈现了六个主要实施例的组,它们分为十一个主要实施例。 一些实施例尝试去除应力以最小化失真,而另一些实施例试图平衡应力以最小化失真。

    Electrochemical Fabrication Methods Incorporating Dielectric Materials and/or Using Dielectric Substrates
    24.
    发明申请
    Electrochemical Fabrication Methods Incorporating Dielectric Materials and/or Using Dielectric Substrates 审中-公开
    电介质材料和/或使用介质基片的电化学制造方法

    公开(公告)号:US20100270165A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-10-28

    申请号:US12770648

    申请日:2010-04-29

    IPC分类号: C25D5/02

    摘要: Some embodiments of the present invention are directed to techniques for building up single layer or multi-layer structures on dielectric or partially dielectric substrates. Certain embodiments deposit seed layer material directly onto substrate materials while other embodiments use an intervening adhesion layer material. Some embodiments use different seed layer materials and/or adhesion layer materials for sacrificial and structural conductive building materials. Some embodiments apply seed layer and/or adhesion layer materials in what are effectively selective manners while other embodiments apply the materials in blanket fashion. Some embodiments remove extraneous depositions (e.g. depositions to regions unintended to form part of a layer) via planarization operations while other embodiments remove the extraneous material via etching operations. Other embodiments are directed to the electrochemical fabrication of multilayer mesoscale or microscale structures which are formed using at least one conductive structural material, at least one conductive sacrificial material, and at least one dielectric material. In some embodiments the dielectric material is a UV-curable photopolymer.

    摘要翻译: 本发明的一些实施例涉及在电介质或部分电介质基底上建立单层或多层结构的技术。 某些实施方案将种子层材料直接沉积到基底材料上,而其它实施例使用中间粘合层材料。 一些实施例使用不同种子层材料和/或用于牺牲和结构导电建筑材料的粘合层材料。 一些实施例将种子层和/或粘合层材料应用于有选择性的方式,而其它实施例以毯子的方式应用材料。 一些实施例通过平面化操作去除外来沉积物(例如沉积到不想要形成层的一部分的区域),而其他实施例通过蚀刻操作去除外来材料。 其它实施方案涉及使用至少一种导电结构材料,至少一种导电牺牲材料和至少一种电介质材料形成的多层中尺度或微结构结构的电化学制造。 在一些实施方案中,电介质材料是可UV固化的光聚合物。

    Method and Apparatus for Maintaining Parallelism of Layers and/or Achieving Desired Thicknesses of Layers During the Electrochemical Fabrication of Structures
    25.
    发明申请
    Method and Apparatus for Maintaining Parallelism of Layers and/or Achieving Desired Thicknesses of Layers During the Electrochemical Fabrication of Structures 审中-公开
    在电化学制造结构期间维持层的平行化和/或实现层的期望厚度的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20100038253A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-02-18

    申请号:US12560276

    申请日:2009-09-15

    摘要: Some embodiments of the present invention provide processes and apparatus for electrochemically fabricating multilayer structures (e.g. mesoscale or microscale structures) with improved endpoint detection and parallelism maintenance for materials (e.g. layers) that are planarized during the electrochemical fabrication process. Some methods involve the use of a fixture during planarization that ensures that planarized planes of material are parallel to other deposited planes within a given tolerance. Some methods involve the use of an endpoint detection fixture that ensures precise heights of deposited materials relative to an initial surface of a substrate, relative to a first deposited layer, or relative to some other layer formed during the fabrication process. In some embodiments planarization may occur via lapping while other embodiments may use a diamond fly cutting machine.

    摘要翻译: 本发明的一些实施例提供了用于电化学制造多层结构(例如中尺度或微结构)的方法和装置,其具有改进的端点检测和用于在电化学制造过程中被平坦化的材料(例如层)的并行维护。 一些方法涉及在平坦化期间使用夹具,其确保材料的平面化平面平行于给定公差内的其它沉积平面。 一些方法涉及使用端点检测夹具,其相对于第一沉积层或相对于在制造过程期间形成的一些其它层,相对于衬底的初始表面确保沉积材料的精确高度。 在一些实施例中,平面化可以通过研磨发生,而其他实施例可以使用金刚石切片机。

    Method and apparatus for maintaining parallelism of layers and/or achieving desired thicknesses of layers during the electrochemical fabrication of structures
    27.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for maintaining parallelism of layers and/or achieving desired thicknesses of layers during the electrochemical fabrication of structures 有权
    在结构的电化学制造期间保持层的平行度和/或实现所需厚度的层的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US07271888B2

    公开(公告)日:2007-09-18

    申请号:US11029220

    申请日:2005-01-03

    IPC分类号: G01N21/88

    摘要: Some embodiments of the present invention provide processes and apparatus for electrochemically fabricating multilayer structures (e.g. mesoscale or microscale structures) with improved endpoint detection and parallelism maintenance for materials (e.g. layers) that are planarized during the electrochemical fabrication process. Some methods involve the use of a fixture during planarization that ensures that planarized planes of material are parallel to other deposited planes within a given tolerance. Some methods involve the use of an endpoint detection fixture that ensures precise heights of deposited materials relative to an initial surface of a substrate, relative to a first deposited layer, or relative to some other layer formed during the fabrication process. In some embodiments planarization may occur via lapping while other embodiments may use a diamond fly cutting machine.

    摘要翻译: 本发明的一些实施例提供了用于电化学制造多层结构(例如中尺度或微结构)的方法和装置,其具有改进的端点检测和用于在电化学制造过程中被平坦化的材料(例如层)的并行维护。 一些方法涉及在平坦化期间使用夹具,其确保材料的平面化平面平行于给定公差内的其它沉积平面。 一些方法涉及使用端点检测夹具,其相对于第一沉积层或相对于在制造过程期间形成的一些其它层,相对于衬底的初始表面确保沉积材料的精确高度。 在一些实施例中,平面化可以通过研磨发生,而其他实施例可以使用金刚石切片机。

    Probe Arrays and Method for Making
    28.
    发明申请
    Probe Arrays and Method for Making 审中-公开
    探针阵列和制作方法

    公开(公告)号:US20080105355A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-05-08

    申请号:US11929597

    申请日:2007-10-30

    IPC分类号: B32B37/00 B23K31/02

    摘要: Embodiments of invention are directed to the formation of microprobes (i.e. compliant electrical or electronic contact elements) on a temporary substrate, dicing individual probe arrays, and then transferring the arrays to space transformers or other permanent substrates. Some embodiments of the invention transfer probes to permanent substrates prior to separating the probes from a temporary substrate on which the probes were formed while other embodiments do the opposite. Some embodiments, remove sacrificial material prior to transfer while other embodiments remove sacrificial material after transfer. Some embodiments are directed to the bonding of first and second electric components together using one or more solder bumps with enhanced aspect ratios (i.e. height to width ratios) obtained as a result of surrounding the bumps at least in part with rings of a retention material. The retention material may act be a solder mask material.

    摘要翻译: 本发明的实施例涉及在临时衬底上形成微探针(即柔性电气或电子接触元件),切割单独的探针阵列,然后将阵列转移到空间变压器或其它永久衬底。 在将探针从其上形成探针的临时基底分离出来之前,本发明的一些实施方案将探针转移到永久性基底上,而其他实施方案相反。 一些实施例,在转移之前去除牺牲材料,而其它实施例在转移后去除牺牲材料。 一些实施例涉及使用一个或多个具有增强的纵横比(即,高度与宽度比)的焊料凸块来将第一和第二电气部件接合在一起,这是由于至少部分地由保持材料的环围绕凸块而得到的。 保留材料可以用作焊接掩模材料。

    Electrochemical fabrication methods for producing multilayer structures including the use of diamond machining in the planarization of deposits of material
    29.
    发明申请
    Electrochemical fabrication methods for producing multilayer structures including the use of diamond machining in the planarization of deposits of material 审中-公开
    用于生产多层结构的电化学制造方法,包括在平坦化材料沉积中使用金刚石加工

    公开(公告)号:US20050202180A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-09-15

    申请号:US11029165

    申请日:2005-01-03

    摘要: Electrochemical fabrication methods for forming single and multilayer mesoscale and microscale structures are disclosed which include the use of diamond machining (e.g. fly cutting or turning) to planarize layers. Some embodiments focus on systems of sacrificial and structural materials which are useful in Electrochemical fabrication and which can be diamond machined with minimal tool wear (e.g. Ni—P and Cu, Au and Cu, Cu and Sn, Au and Cu, Au and Sn, and Au and Sn—Pb), where the first material or materials are the structural materials and the second is the sacrificial material). Some embodiments focus on methods for reducing tool wear when using diamond machining to planarize structures being electrochemically fabricated using difficult-to-machine materials (e.g. by depositing difficult to machine material selectively and potentially with little excess plating thickness, and/or pre-machining depositions to within a small increment of desired surface level (e.g. using lapping or a rough cutting operation) and then using diamond fly cutting to complete he process, and/or forming structures or portions of structures from thin walled regions of hard-to-machine material as opposed to wide solid regions of structural material.

    摘要翻译: 公开了用于形成单层和多层中尺度和微结构的电化学制造方法,其包括使用金刚石加工(例如飞切或车削)来平坦化层。 一些实施例集中于可用于电化学制造的牺牲和结构材料的系统,并且可以以最小的工具磨损(例如Ni-P和Cu,Au和Cu,Cu和Sn,Au和Cu,Au和Sn, 和Au和Sn-Pb),其中第一材料或材料是结构材料,第二材料是牺牲材料)。 一些实施例着重于在使用金刚石加工以平面化使用难以加工的材料进行电化学制造的结构(例如,通过沉积难以机械材料选择性且潜在地具有少量多余电镀厚度和/或预加工沉积 到所需表面水平的小增量(例如使用研磨或粗切割操作),然后使用金刚石飞切切割来完成其加工,和/或从硬质材料的薄壁区域形成结构或部分结构 而不是结构材料的宽固体区域。

    Automated scanning of microscope slides
    30.
    发明授权
    Automated scanning of microscope slides 失效
    自动扫描显微镜幻灯片

    公开(公告)号:US6049421A

    公开(公告)日:2000-04-11

    申请号:US009269

    申请日:1998-01-20

    摘要: A system is provided for the automated imaging of a succession of microscope slides (S). The slides are mounted in carriers and loaded into cassettes. Slide carriers from a first cassette in a slide loader (2) are ejected from the cassette into a loading station and thence moved by an actuator onto a stage beneath a microscope objective (6) which images a sub-area of a circular sample area on the slide onto an imaging sensor (10) whence images are digitized and stored. The stage (4) is conjointly rotated by a motor (22) as a carrier (24) for the stage is moved linearly, so as to execute a spiral scan of sub-areas of the sample area which sub-areas are successively imaged using a strobe lamp (12) to illuminate the sample area at intervals during the scan determined by signals from an encoder (25). A preliminary scan, which may be in an opposite direction along the spiral, may be used to obtain, for a focus actuator (18), focusing data used during the scan. As a following slide carrier is loaded onto the stage for scanning, the previous slide carrier is ejected into a chute from which an actuator inserts it into a further cassette in the same orientation in which it left the first cassette.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一系列用于一系列显微镜幻灯片(S)的自动成像的系统。 载玻片安装在载体中并装入盒中。 从滑块装载机(2)中的第一盒中滑动载架从盒子中弹出到装载站,然后由致动器移动到显微镜物镜(6)下方的台上,该显微镜物镜将圆形样品区域的子区域成像 将图像数字化并存储在成像传感器(10)上。 通过电动机(22)将载物台(4)作为载体(24)共同旋转,使载物台线性地移动,从而对采样区域的子区域进行螺旋扫描,该子区域依次成像,使用 频闪灯(12),用于在由来自编码器(25)的信号确定的扫描期间间隔照射样品区域。 可以使用沿着螺旋沿相反方向的初步扫描,以获得聚焦致动器(18)在扫描期间使用的聚焦数据。 由于以下滑动载体被装载到载物台上用于扫描,所以先前的滑动载体被弹出到滑槽中,致动器将滑动载架从其从其从离开第一盒的相同方向插入到另一盒中。