Abstract:
A device comprising a resonator formed of a piezoelectric layer sandwiched between two metal electrodes, the resonator being laid on a suspended beam, the device comprising means for deforming said beam by the difference in thermal expansion coefficients.
Abstract:
A multiposition microswitch that includes a cavity, a mobile portion made of a deformable material extending above the cavity, at least three conductive tracks extending on the cavity bottom, and a contact pad on the lower surface of the mobile part. The mobile part is capable of deforming, under the action of a stressing mechanism, from an idle position where the contact pad is distant from the conductive tracks to an on position from among several distinct on positions. The contact pad electrically connects, in each distinct on position, at least two of the at least three conductive tracks, at least one of the conductive tracks connected to the contact pad in each distinct on position being different from the conductive tracks connected to the contact pad in the other distinct on positions.
Abstract:
Each connecting pad includes a continuous top metal layer on the top metallization level and having on its top face an area for welding a connecting wire. Also, the pad has a reinforcing structure under the welding area and includes at least one discontinuous metal layer on the immediately next lower metallization level, metal vias connecting the discontinuous metal layer to the bottom surface of the top metal layer, and an isolating cover covering the discontinuous metal layer and its discontinuities as well as the inter-via spaces between the two metallic layers.
Abstract:
The semiconductor device comprises a semiconductor substrate (SB) having locally at least one zone (ZL) terminating in the surface of the substrate and entirely bordered, along its lateral edges and its bottom, by an insulating material so as to be completely isolated from the rest of the substrate. The horizontal isolating layer may be a layer of constant thickness or a crenellated layer.