TAILORABLE ELECTRODE CAPPING FOR MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES

    公开(公告)号:US20220143605A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-12

    申请号:US17095538

    申请日:2020-11-11

    IPC分类号: B01L3/00

    摘要: A method of forming a microfluidic device is disclosed. The method includes forming a first dielectric layer on a substrate, forming electrodes partially into the first dielectric layer, and forming a second dielectric layer on the electrodes. The method includes filling, with a metal material, two wells formed in the second dielectric layer such that the metal material is in direct contact with the electrodes. The method includes forming a third dielectric layer on the metal material and second dielectric layer. The method includes filling, with a structural material, a channel formed between the wells such that the structural material does not directly contact the electrodes. The method includes forming a fourth dielectric layer on the third dielectric layer and the structural material, extracting the structural material through at least one vent hole in the fourth dielectric layer, and forming a fifth dielectric layer on the fourth dielectric layer.

    REMOVING A RESIDUAL PHOTO-MASK FENCE IN PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY

    公开(公告)号:US20180286666A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-04

    申请号:US15477416

    申请日:2017-04-03

    摘要: A first material is filled during a semiconductor fabrication process in a space bound on at least one side by a fence formation created as a result of an etching operation. A solvent-removable material is deposited such that the solvent-removable material encapsulates at least that portion of the fence formation which is protruding from the structure such that a height of the fence formation exceeds a height of the structure. The portion of the fence formation which is protruding from the structure and a first portion of the solvent-removable material are removed by planarization. A second portion of the solvent-removable material is removed by dissolving in a solvent, the second portion remaining after removal by the planarization of the first portion of the solvent-removable material.