Abstract:
This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus including processes that use two layers of resist, with a layer of etch stop material in between. The two layers of resist may be etched in separate processes to form devices having vias with sidewalls that extend through both layers of resist
Abstract:
The present invention discloses a MEMS device with guard ring, and a method for making the MEMS device. The MEMS device comprises a bond pad and a sidewall surrounding and connecting with the bond pad, characterized in that the sidewall forms a guard ring by an etch-resistive material.
Abstract:
A method of fabricating a micro electrical-mechanical system (MEMS) microphone on a substrate includes forming a sacrificial layer on a front surface of the substrate, forming a membrane within the sacrificial layer, forming a fixed plate on the sacrificial layer at a location corresponding to a location of the membrane, performing a laser cutting on the back surface of the substrate at a location corresponding to an edge region of the fixed plate until a surface of the sacrificial layer is expose to form an opening, forming a patterned photoresist layer on the back surface exposing a region within the boundary of the opening, removing a portion of the back surface using the patterned photoresist layer as a mask to form a cavity, and removing a portion of the sacrificial layer above and below the membrane to form an air gap between the membrane and the fixed plate.
Abstract:
An optical electronic device and method that forms cavities through an interposer wafer after bonding the interposer wafer to a window wafer. The cavities are etched into the bonded interposer/window wafer pair using the anti-reflective coating of the window wafer as an etch stop. After formation of the cavities, the bonded interposer/window wafer pair is bonded peripherally of die areas to the MEMS device wafer, with die area micromechanical elements sealed within respectively corresponding ones of the cavities.
Abstract:
A method for etching a desired complex pattern in a first face of a substrate, including: simultaneous etching of at least a first and a second sub-pattern through the first face of the substrate, the etched sub-patterns being separated by at least one separating wall, a width of the first sub-pattern being greater than a width of the second sub-pattern at the first face, and a depth of the first sub-pattern being greater than a depth of the second sub-pattern in a direction perpendicular to the said first face; and removing or eliminating the separating wall to expose the desired complex pattern.
Abstract:
A method of providing microelectromechanical structures (MEMS) that are compatible with silicon CMOS electronics is provided. The method providing for processes and manufacturing sequences limiting the maximum exposure of an integrated circuit upon which the MEMS is manufactured to below 350° C., and potentially to below 250° C., thereby allowing direct manufacturing of the MEMS devices onto electronics, such as Si CMOS circuits. The method further providing for the provisioning of MEMS devices with multiple non-conductive structural layers such as silicon carbide separated with small lateral gaps. Such silicon carbide structures offering enhanced material properties, increased environmental and chemical resilience whilst also allowing novel designs to be implemented taking advantage of the non-conductive material of the structural layer. The use of silicon carbide being beneficial within the formation of MEMS elements such as motors, gears, rotors, translation drives, etc where increased hardness reduces wear of such elements during operation.
Abstract:
The present invention generally relates to methods for producing MEMS or NEMS devices and the devices themselves. A thin layer of a material having a lower recombination coefficient as compared to the cantilever structure may be deposited over the cantilever structure, the RF electrode and the pull-off electrode. The thin layer permits the etching gas introduced to the cavity to decrease the overall etchant recombination rate within the cavity and thus, increase the etching rate of the sacrificial material within the cavity. The etchant itself may be introduced through an opening in the encapsulating layer that is linearly aligned with the anchor portion of the cantilever structure so that the topmost layer of sacrificial material is etched first. Thereafter, sealing material may seal the cavity and extend into the cavity all the way to the anchor portion to provide additional strength to the anchor portion.
Abstract:
The invention relates to an MEMS structure with a stack made of different layers and a spring-and-mass system varying in its thickness which is formed of the stack, and wherein, starting from a back side of the stack and the substrate, at laterally different positions, the substrate while leaving the first semiconductor layer, or the substrate, the first etch-stop layer and the first semiconductor layer are removed, and to a method for manufacturing such a structure.
Abstract:
A method for fabricating a MEMS device includes providing a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) substrate having a sacrificial layer on a first side, providing a carrier including a plurality of cavities, bonding the first side of the MEMS substrate on the carrier, forming a first bonding material layer on a second side of the MEMS substrate, applying a sacrificial layer removal process to the MEMS substrate, providing a semiconductor substrate including a second bonding material layer and bonding the semiconductor substrate on the second side of the MEMS substrate.
Abstract:
Microfluidic devices having superhydrophilic bi-porous interfaces are provided, along with their methods of formation. The device can include a substrate defining a microchannel formed between a pair of side walls and a bottom surface and a plurality of nanowires extending from each of the side walls and the bottom surface. For example, the nanowires can be silicon nanowires (e.g., pure silicon, silicon oxide, silicon carbide, etc., or mixtures thereof).