Electrochemical Fabrication Methods Incorporating Dielectric Materials and/or Using Dielectric Substrates
    32.
    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
    33.
    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。

    Electrochemical Fabrication Process for Forming Multilayer Multimaterial Microprobe Structures
    35.
    发明申请
    Electrochemical Fabrication Process for Forming Multilayer Multimaterial Microprobe Structures 有权
    用于形成多层多材料微结构的电化学制造工艺

    公开(公告)号:US20090320990A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-12-31

    申请号:US12431680

    申请日:2009-04-28

    IPC分类号: B32B37/00 B32B38/10

    摘要: Some embodiments of the invention are directed to the electrochemical fabrication of microprobes which are formed from a core material and a material that partially coats the surface of the probe. Other embodiments are directed to the electrochemical fabrication of microprobes which are formed from a core material and a material that completely coats the surface of each layer from which the probe is formed including interlayer regions. These first two groups of embodiments incorporate both the core material and the coating material during the formation of each layer. Still other embodiments are directed to the electrochemical fabrication of microprobe arrays that are partially encapsulated by a dielectric material during a post layer formation coating process. In even further embodiments, the electrochemical fabrication of microprobes from two or more materials may occur by incorporating a coating material around each layer of the structure without locating the coating material in inter-layer regions.

    摘要翻译: 本发明的一些实施方案涉及由芯材料和部分涂覆探针的表面的材料形成的微针的电化学制造。 其它实施方案涉及由核心材料形成的微结构的电化学制造,以及完全涂覆形成探针的每个层的表面的材料,包括中间层区域。 这些前两组实施例在形成每个层期间都包括芯材料和涂层材料。 其他实施例涉及在后层形成涂覆工艺期间由电介质材料部分封装的微探针阵列的电化学制造。 在甚至进一步的实施方案中,来自两种或更多种材料的微结构的电化学制造可以通过在结构的每一层周围并入涂层材料而不将涂层材料定位在层间区域中而进行。

    Electrochemically Fabricated Structures Having Dielectric or Active Bases and Methods of and Apparatus for Producing Such Structures
    36.
    发明申请
    Electrochemically Fabricated Structures Having Dielectric or Active Bases and Methods of and Apparatus for Producing Such Structures 审中-公开
    具有电介质或活性碱的电化学结构和用于生产这种结构的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20090038948A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-02-12

    申请号:US12191258

    申请日:2008-08-13

    IPC分类号: C25D5/02

    摘要: Multilayer structures are electrochemically fabricated on a temporary (e.g. conductive) substrate and are thereafter bonded to a permanent (e.g. dielectric, patterned, multi-material, or otherwise functional) substrate and removed from the temporary substrate. In some embodiments, the structures are formed from top layer to bottom layer, such that the bottom layer of the structure becomes adhered to the permanent substrate, while in other embodiments the structures are formed from bottom layer to top layer and then a double substrate swap occurs. The permanent substrate may be a solid that is bonded (e.g. by an adhesive) to the layered structure or it may start out as a flowable material that is solidified adjacent to or partially surrounding a portion of the structure with bonding occurring during solidification. The multilayer structure may be released from a sacrificial material prior to attaching the permanent substrate or it may be released after attachment.

    摘要翻译: 多层结构在临时的(例如导电的)衬底上电化学地制造,然后在永久(例如电介质,图案化,多材料或其他功能)的衬底上结合并从临时衬底去除。 在一些实施例中,结构由顶层到底层形成,使得结构的底层变得粘附到永久性基底上,而在其它实施例中,结构由底层到顶层形成,然后是双层衬底交换 发生。 永久性基材可以是与层状结构结合的固体(例如通过粘合剂),或者可以作为在凝固期间发生结合而邻近或部分地围绕结构的一部分固化的可流动材料开始。 多层结构可以在附着永久性基底之前从牺牲材料上释放,或者在附着后可以释放多层结构。

    Method and apparatus for maintaining parallelism of layers and/or achieving desired thicknesses of layers during the electrochemical fabrication of structures
    38.
    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。

    Methods of reducing interlayer discontinuities in electrochemically fabricated three-dimensional structures
    40.
    发明授权
    Methods of reducing interlayer discontinuities in electrochemically fabricated three-dimensional structures 有权
    减少电化学制造的三维结构中的层间不连续性的方法

    公开(公告)号:US07198704B2

    公开(公告)日:2007-04-03

    申请号:US10830262

    申请日:2004-04-21

    IPC分类号: C25D5/02

    摘要: Disclosed methods reduce the discontinuities between individual layers of a structure that are formed at least in part using electrochemical fabrication techniques. Discontinuities may exist between layers of a structure as a result of up-facing or down-facing regions defined in data descriptive of the structure or they may exist as a result of building limitations, e.g., limitations that result in non-parallel orientation between a building axis and sidewall surfaces of layers. Methods for reducing discontinuities may be applied to all regions or only to selected regions of the structure. Methods may be tailored to improve the accuracy between an original design of the structure and the structure as fabricated or they may simply be used to smooth the discontinuities between layers. Methods may include deposition operations that selectively favor filling of the discontinuities and/or etching operations that selectively favor removal of material from protrusions that define discontinuities.

    摘要翻译: 公开的方法减少了至少部分地使用电化学制造技术形成的结构的各层之间的不连续性。 结构的层之间可能存在不连续性,这是由于在描述结构的数据中定义的面向上或向下的区域的结果,或者由于建筑局限性而可能存在结构,例如,导致不平行取向的限制 建筑轴线和层的侧壁表面。 用于减少不连续性的方法可以应用于所有区域或仅应用于结构的选定区域。 可以调整方法以提高结构的原始设计和所制造的结构之间的精度,或者可以简单地用于平滑层之间的不连续性。 方法可以包括选择性地有利于填充不连续性和/或蚀刻操作的沉积操作,其选择性地有利于从限定不连续性的突起中去除材料。