FILM INDUCED INTERFACE ROUGHENING AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME
    41.
    发明申请
    FILM INDUCED INTERFACE ROUGHENING AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME 有权
    电影诱导界面粗化及其生产方法

    公开(公告)号:US20160115016A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-04-28

    申请号:US14667169

    申请日:2015-03-24

    申请人: INVENSENSE, INC.

    IPC分类号: B81C1/00

    摘要: Various embodiments provide for a method for roughening a surface of a MEMs device or the surface of a CMOS surface. A first material can be deposited in a thin layer over a surface made of a second material. After heating, the first and second materials, they can partially melt and interdiffuse, forming an alloy. The first material can then be removed and the alloy is removed at the same time. The surface of the second material that is left behind has then been roughened due to the interdiffusion of the first and second materials.

    摘要翻译: 各种实施例提供了用于使MEM器件的表面或CMOS表面的表面粗糙化的方法。 第一材料可以沉积在由第二材料制成的表面上的薄层中。 加热后,第一和第二种材料,它们可以部分熔化和相互扩散,形成合金。 然后可以除去第一种材料并同时去除合金。 然后由于第一和第二材料的相互扩散,留下的第二材料的表面被粗糙化。

    Internal electrical contact for enclosed MEMS devices

    公开(公告)号:US08945969B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-02-03

    申请号:US14456973

    申请日:2014-08-11

    申请人: InvenSense, Inc.

    IPC分类号: H01L21/00 B81C1/00

    摘要: A method of fabricating electrical connections in an integrated MEMS device is disclosed. The method comprises forming a MEMS wafer. Forming a MEMS wafer includes forming one cavity in a first semiconductor layer, bonding the first semiconductor layer to a second semiconductor layer with a dielectric layer disposed between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer, and etching at least one via through the second semiconductor layer and the dielectric layer and depositing a conductive material on the second semiconductor layer and filling the at least one via. Forming a MEMS wafer also includes patterning and etching the conductive material to form one standoff and depositing a germanium layer on the conductive material, patterning and etching the germanium layer, and patterning and etching the second semiconductor layer to define one MEMS structure. The method also includes bonding the MEMS wafer to a base substrate.

    Gas sensing method with chemical and thermal conductivity sensing

    公开(公告)号:US10935509B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-02

    申请号:US16786361

    申请日:2020-02-10

    申请人: INVENSENSE, INC.

    摘要: The present invention relates to methods for detecting gases in an environment using chemical and thermal sensing. In one embodiment, a method includes exposing a chemiresistor embedded within a sensor pixel to a gas in an environment; setting a heater embedded within the sensor pixel to a sensing temperature, the sensing temperature being greater than room temperature; measuring an electrical resistance of the chemiresistor in response to setting the heater to the sensing temperature; and in response to a difference between the electrical resistance of the chemiresistor and a reference electrical resistance being less than a threshold, supplying a fixed power input to the heater embedded within the sensor pixel and measuring a temperature of the sensor pixel relative to a reference temperature.

    Live fingerprint detection utilizing an integrated ultrasound and infrared sensor

    公开(公告)号:US10891461B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-01-12

    申请号:US15601934

    申请日:2017-05-22

    申请人: INVENSENSE, INC.

    IPC分类号: G06K9/00 G06K9/20 G06K9/62

    摘要: Facilitating live fingerprint detection utilizing an integrated ultrasound and infrared (IR) sensor is presented herein. A fingerprint sensor can comprise a first substrate comprising the IR sensor, and a second substrate comprising an ultrasonic transducer. The second substrate is attached to a top portion of the first substrate, and a temperature output of the IR sensor facilitates a determination that a fingerprint output of the ultrasonic transducer corresponds to a finger. The IR sensor can comprise polysilicon comprising a thermopile and an array of photonic crystals thermally coupled to the thermopile.

    GAS SENSOR PLATFORM AND THE METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20180340901A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-11-29

    申请号:US16038499

    申请日:2018-07-18

    申请人: INVENSENSE, INC.

    摘要: The present invention relates to low power, low cost, and compact gas sensors and methods for making the same. In one embodiment, the gas sensor includes a heating element embedded in a suspended structure overlying a substrate. The heating element is configured to generate an amount of heat to bring the chemical sensing element to an operating temperature. The chemical sensing element is thermally coupled to the heating element. The chemical sensing element is also exposed to an environment that contains the gas to be measured. In one embodiment, the chemical sensing element comprises a metal oxide compound having an electrical resistance based on the concentration of a gas in the environment and the operating temperature of the chemical sensing element. In this embodiment, the operating temperature of the chemical sensing element is greater than room temperature and determined by the amount of heat generated by the heating element.

    Cavity pressure modification using local heating with a laser

    公开(公告)号:US09878902B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-01-30

    申请号:US15383755

    申请日:2016-12-19

    申请人: INVENSENSE, INC.

    IPC分类号: H01L29/84 B81B7/00 B81C1/00

    摘要: A method and system for changing a pressure within at least one enclosure in a MEMS device are disclosed. In a first aspect, the method comprises applying a laser through one of the at least two substrates onto a material which changes the pressure within at least one enclosure when exposed to the laser, wherein the at least one enclosure is formed by the at least two substrates. In a second aspect, the system comprises a MEMS device that includes a first substrate, a second substrate bonded to the first substrate, wherein at least one enclosure is located between the first and the second substrates, a metal layer within one of the first substrate and the second substrate, and a material vertically oriented over the metal layer, wherein when the material is heated the material changes a pressure within the at least one enclosure.

    Integrated heater for gettering or outgassing activation

    公开(公告)号:US09718679B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-08-01

    申请号:US14598138

    申请日:2015-01-15

    申请人: InvenSense, Inc.

    发明人: Martin Lim

    摘要: A Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) structure with integrated heater is disclosed. The MEMS structure with integrated heater comprises a first substrate with cavities, bonded to a second substrate, forming a plurality of sealed enclosures of at least two types. Each of the plurality of sealed enclosures is defined by the first substrate, the second substrate, and a seal-ring material, where the first enclosure type further includes at least one of a gettering element to decrease cavity pressure in the first enclosure type or an outgassing element to increase cavity pressure in the first enclosure type when activated. The first enclosure type further comprises at least one heater integrated into the first substrate adjacent to the gettering element or the outgassing element to adjust the temperature of the gettering element or the outgassing element thereby providing heating to the gettering element or the outgassing element.

    GAS SENSOR PLATFORM AND THE METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME
    50.
    发明申请
    GAS SENSOR PLATFORM AND THE METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME 审中-公开
    气体传感器平台及其制造方法

    公开(公告)号:US20170067841A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-03-09

    申请号:US14849551

    申请日:2015-09-09

    申请人: INVENSENSE, INC.

    IPC分类号: G01N27/04 G01K7/16

    摘要: The present invention relates to low power, low cost, and compact gas sensors and methods for making the same. In one embodiment, the gas sensor includes a heating element embedded in a suspended structure overlying a substrate. The heating element is configured to generate an amount of heat to bring the chemical sensing element to an operating temperature. The chemical sensing element is thermally coupled to the heating element. The chemical sensing element is also exposed to an environment that contains the gas to be measured. In one embodiment, the chemical sensing element comprises a metal oxide compound having an electrical resistance based on the concentration of a gas in the environment and the operating temperature of the chemical sensing element. In this embodiment, the operating temperature of the chemical sensing element is greater than room temperature and determined by the amount of heat generated by the heating element.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及低功率,低成本和小型气体传感器及其制造方法。 在一个实施例中,气体传感器包括嵌入在衬底上的悬挂结构中的加热元件。 加热元件构造成产生一定量的热量以使化学传感元件达到工作温度。 化学传感元件热耦合到加热元件。 化学传感元件也暴露于含有待测气体的环境中。 在一个实施方案中,化学传感元件包括基于环境中的气体浓度和化学传感元件的操作温度具有电阻的金属氧化物化合物。 在该实施例中,化学传感元件的工作温度大于室温,并由加热元件产生的热量确定。