Method and Apparatus for Maintaining Parallelism of Layers and/or Achieving Desired Thicknesses of Layers During the Electrochemical Fabrication of Structures
    62.
    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。

    Electrochemically Fabricated Structures Having Dielectric or Active Bases and Methods of and Apparatus for Producing Such Structures
    63.
    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
    65.
    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
    67.
    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。