Abstract:
Embodiments of the present disclosure include MEMS devices and methods for forming MEMS devices. An embodiment is a method for forming a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device, the method including forming a MEMS wafer having a first cavity, the first cavity having a first pressure, and bonding a carrier wafer to a first side of the MEMS wafer, the bonding forming a second cavity, the second cavity having a second pressure, the second pressure being greater than the first pressure. The method further includes bonding a cap wafer to a second side of the MEMS wafer, the second side being opposite the first side, the bonding forming a third cavity, the third cavity having a third pressure, the third pressure being greater than the first pressure and less than the second pressure.
Abstract:
A method embodiment includes providing a micro-electromechanical (MEMS) wafer including a polysilicon layer having a first and a second portion. A carrier wafer is bonded to a first surface of the MEMS wafer. Bonding the carrier wafer creates a first cavity. A first surface of the first portion of the polysilicon layer is exposed to a pressure level of the first cavity. A cap wafer is bonded to a second surface of the MEMS wafer opposite the first surface of the MEMS wafer. The bonding the cap wafer creates a second cavity comprising the second portion of the polysilicon layer and a third cavity. A second surface of the first portion of the polysilicon layer is exposed to a pressure level of the third cavity. The first cavity or the third cavity is exposed to an ambient environment.
Abstract:
A MEMS structure incorporating multiple joined substrates and a method for forming the MEMS structure are disclosed. An exemplary MEMS structure includes a first substrate having a bottom surface and a second substrate having a top surface substantially parallel to the bottom surface of the first substrate. The bottom surface of the first substrate is connected to the top surface of the second substrate by an anchor, such that the anchor does not extend through either the bottom surface of the first substrate or the top surface of the second substrate. The MEMS structure may include a bonding layer in contact with the bottom surface of the first substrate, and shaped to at least partially envelop the anchor.
Abstract:
The present disclosure provides one embodiment of a stacked semiconductor device. The stacked semiconductor device includes a first substrate; a first bond pad over the first substrate; a second substrate including a second electrical device fabricated thereon; a second bond pad over the second electrical device over the second substrate, the second bond pad electrically connecting to the second electrical device; a second insulation layer over the second bond pad having a top surface, the second insulation layer being bonded toward the first bond pad of the first substrate; and a through-substrate-via (“TSV”) extending from a surface opposite to the first bond pad through the first substrate and through the top surface of the second insulation layer to the second bond pad.
Abstract:
Embodiments of the present disclosure include MEMS devices and methods for forming MEMS devices. An embodiment is a method for forming a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device, the method including forming a MEMS wafer having a first cavity, the first cavity having a first pressure, and bonding a carrier wafer to a first side of the MEMS wafer, the bonding forming a second cavity, the second cavity having a second pressure, the second pressure being greater than the first pressure. The method further includes bonding a cap wafer to a second side of the MEMS wafer, the second side being opposite the first side, the bonding forming a third cavity, the third cavity having a third pressure, the third pressure being greater than the first pressure and less than the second pressure.
Abstract:
A stacked semiconductor device includes a CMOS device and a MEMS device. The CMOS device includes a multilayer interconnect with metal elements disposed over the multilayer interconnect. The MEMS device includes metal sections with a first dielectric layer disposed over the metal sections. A cavity in the first dielectric layer exposes portions of the metal sections. A dielectric stop layer is disposed at least over the interior surface of the cavity. A movable structure is disposed over a front surface of the first dielectric layer and suspending over the cavity. The movable structure includes a second dielectric layer over the front surface of the first dielectric layer and suspending over the cavity, metal features over the second dielectric layer, and a flexible dielectric membrane over the metal features. The CMOS device is bonded to the MEMS device with the metal elements toward the flexible dielectric membrane.
Abstract:
Exemplary microelectromechanical system (MEMS) devices, and methods for fabricating such are disclosed. An exemplary method includes providing a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate, wherein the SOI substrate includes a first silicon layer separated from a second silicon layer by an insulator layer; processing the first silicon layer to form a first structure layer of a MEMS device; bonding the first structure layer to a substrate; and processing the second silicon layer to form a second structure layer of the MEMS device.
Abstract:
Provided is a manufacturing method for a micro device. The manufacturing method includes forming a micro-electronic-mechanical system (MEMS) movable structure, forming a plurality of metal loops over the MEMS movable structure, forming a piezoelectric element over the MEMS movable structure, and a magnet disposed over the plurality of metal loops. The method also includes encapsulating the MEMS movable structure, the plurality of metal loops, and the piezoelectric element.
Abstract:
A MEMS device is described. The device includes a micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) substrate including a first bonding layer, a semiconductor substrate including a second bonding layer, and a cap including a third bonding layer, the cap coupled to the semiconductor substrate by bonding the second bonding layer to the third bonding layer. The first bonding layer includes silicon, the semiconductor substrate is electrically coupled to the MEMS substrate by bonding the first bonding layer to the second bonding layer, and the MEMS substrate is hermetically sealed between the cap and the semiconductor substrate.
Abstract:
A microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device includes a substrate and an oxide layer formed on the substrate. A cavity is etched in the oxide layer. A microstructure device layer is bonded to the oxide layer, over the cavity. The microstructure device layer includes a substantially solid microstructure MEMS device formed in the microstructure device layer and suspended over a portion of the cavity. An anchor is formed in the device layer and configured to support the microstructure device, the anchor having an undercut in the oxide layer. The undercut has a length along the anchor that is less than one-half a length of an outer boundary dimension of the microstructure MEMS device.