Piezoelectric acoustic MEMS transducer and fabrication method thereof

    公开(公告)号:US11051113B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-29

    申请号:US16813477

    申请日:2020-03-09

    Abstract: A piezoelectric MEMS transducer formed in a body of semiconductor material, which has a central axis and a peripheral area and comprises a plurality of beams, transverse to the central axis and having a first end, coupled to the peripheral area of the body, and a second end, facing the central axis; a membrane, transverse to the central axis and arranged underneath the plurality of beams; and a pillar, parallel to the central axis and rigid with the second end of the beams and to the membrane. The MEMS transducer further comprises a plurality of piezoelectric sensing elements arranged on the plurality of beams.

    Piezoelectric micromachined ultrasonic transducer

    公开(公告)号:US11969757B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-30

    申请号:US17191475

    申请日:2021-03-03

    CPC classification number: B06B1/0666 H10N30/01

    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a PMUT device including a piezoelectric element located at a membrane element is provided. The method includes receiving a silicon on insulator substrate having a first silicon layer, an oxide layer, and a second silicon layer. Portions of a first surface of the second silicon layer are exposed by removing exposed side portions of the first silicon layer and corresponding portions of the oxide layer, and a central portion including the remaining portions of the first silicon layer and of the oxide layer is defined. Anchor portions for the membrane element are formed at the exposed portions of the first surface of the second silicon layer. The piezoelectric element is formed above the central portion, and the membrane element is defined by selectively removing the second layer and removing the remaining portion of the oxide from under the remaining portion of the first silicon layer.

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