Abstract:
An integrated circuit (IC) with an integrated microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) structure is provided. In some embodiments, the IC comprises a semiconductor substrate, a back-end-of-line (BEOL) interconnect structure, the integrated MEMS structure, and a cavity. The BEOL interconnect structure is over the semiconductor substrate, and comprises wiring layers stacked in a dielectric region. Further, an upper surface of the BEOL interconnect structure is planar or substantially planar. The integrated MEMS structure overlies and directly contacts the upper surface of the BEOL interconnect structure, and comprises an electrode layer. The cavity is under the upper surface of the BEOL interconnect structure, between the MEMS structure and the BEOL interconnect structure.
Abstract:
A device includes a first biosensor of a biosensor array; a second biosensor of a biosensor array; a readout circuit electrically connected to the biosensor array; a decoder electrically connected to the biosensor array; a voltage generator electrically connected to the biosensor array; and a decision system electrically connected to the voltage generator and the readout circuit.
Abstract:
The present disclosure relates an integrated chip having one or more MEMS devices. In some embodiments, the integrated chip has a carrier substrate with one or more cavities disposed within a first side of the carrier substrate. A dielectric layer is disposed between the first side of the carrier substrate and a first side of a micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) substrate. The dielectric layer has sidewalls that are laterally set back from sidewalls of openings extending through the MEMs substrate to the one or more cavities. A bonding structure, including an intermetallic compound having a plurality of metallic elements, abuts a second side of the MEMS substrate and is electrically connected to a metal interconnect layer within a dielectric structure disposed over a CMOS substrate.
Abstract:
A structure and a formation method of a micro-electro mechanical system (MEMS) device are provided. The MEMS device includes a cap substrate and a MEMS substrate bonded with the cap substrate. The MEMS substrate includes a first movable element and a second movable element. The MEMS device also includes a first enclosed space surrounded by the MEMS substrate and the cap substrate, and the first movable element is in the first enclosed space. The MEMS device further includes a second enclosed space surrounded by the MEMS substrate and the cap substrate, and the second movable element is in the second enclosed space. In addition, the MEMS device includes a pressure-changing layer in the first enclosed space.
Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) package having two MEMS devices with different pressures, and an associated method of formation. In some embodiments, the (MEMS) package includes a device substrate and a cap substrate bonded together. The device substrate includes a first trench and a second trench. A first MEMS device is disposed over the first trench and a second MEMS device is disposed over the second trench. A first stopper is raised from a first trench bottom surface of the first trench but below a top surface of the device substrate and a second stopper is raised from a second trench bottom surface of the second trench but below the top surface of the device substrate. A first depth of the first trench is greater than a second depth of the second trench.
Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) package having two MEMS devices with different pressures, and an associated method of formation. In some embodiments, the (MEMS) package includes a device substrate and a cap substrate bonded together. The bonded substrate comprises a first cavity corresponding to a first MEMS device having a first pressure and a second cavity corresponding to a second MEMS device having a different second pressure. The second cavity comprises a major volume and a vent hole connected by a lateral channel disposed between the device substrate and the cap substrate and the vent hole is hermetically sealed by a sealing structure.
Abstract:
Embodiments of mechanisms for forming a micro-electro mechanical system (MEMS) device are provided. The MEMS device includes a CMOS substrate, a cap substrate, and a MEMS substrate bonded between the CMOS substrate and the cap substrate. The MEMS substrate includes a first movable element and a second movable element. The MEMS device also includes a first closed chamber and a second closed chamber, which are between the MEMS substrate and the cap substrate. The first movable element is in the first closed chamber, and the second movable element is in the second closed chamber. A first pressure of the first closed chamber is higher than a second pressure of the second closed chamber.
Abstract:
In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides a MEMS package. The MEMS package includes a MEMS IC comprising a MEMS substrate, a dielectric layer disposed over the MEMS substrate, and a piezoelectric layer disposed over the dielectric layer. The dielectric layer includes a flexible diaphragm made of dielectric material, and the piezoelectric layer includes a piezoelectric opening over the flexible diaphragm. A CMOS IC includes a CMOS substrate and an electrical interconnect structure. The CMOS IC is bonded to the MEMS IC so the electrical interconnect structure is proximate to the piezoelectric layer and so the CMOS IC encloses a back cavity over the flexible diaphragm. A support layer is disposed between the electrical interconnect structure and the piezoelectric layer. The support layer has a support layer opening which is disposed at a position vertically aligned with the flexible diaphragm and which is a part of the back cavity.
Abstract:
An integrated circuit (IC) structure is provided. The IC structure includes an IC substrate including active devices which are coupled together through a conductive interconnect structure arranged thereover. The conductive interconnect structure includes a series of horizontal conductive layers and dielectric regions arranged between neighboring horizontal conductive layers. The conductive interconnect structure includes an uppermost conductive horizontal region with a planar top surface region. A MEMS substrate is arranged over the IC substrate and includes a flexible or moveable structure that flexes or moves commensurate with a force applied to the flexible or moveable structure. The active devices of the IC substrate are arranged to establish analysis circuitry to facilitate electrical measurement of a capacitance between the uppermost conductive horizontal region and the flexible or moveable structure.
Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a structure and method of forming a MEMS-CMOS integrated circuit with an outgassing barrier and a stable electrical signal path. An additional poly or metal layer is embedded within the MEMS die to prevent outgassing from the CMOS die. Patterned conductors formed by a damascene process and a direct bonding between the two dies provide a stable electrical signal path.