Abstract:
The micro-mechanical structure includes an anti-stiction layer formed by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition and plasma etching. The anti-stiction layer is selectively formed on only the area of a substrate other than the top of a movable structure and a part of an electrode that is subsequently bonded to a wire.
Abstract:
A hermetic sealing method, which is capable of preventing oxidation of a micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) and sealing the MEMS at a low temperature. A low temperature hermetic sealing method having a passivation layer includes depositing a junction layer, a wetting layer, and a solder layer on a prepared lid frame, depositing a first protection layer for preventing oxidation on the solder layer and forming a lid, preparing a package base on which a device is disposed, and in which a metal layer and a second protection layer are formed around the device, and assembling the lid and the package base, heating, and sealing them. The protection layer is laminated on the solder layer that is formed by the lid, thereby preventing oxidation without using a flux. The low temperature hermetic sealing method having a passivation layer is suitable for sealing a device, such as the MEMS, which is sensitive to heat, water and other by-products.
Abstract:
The micro-mechanical structure includes an anti-stiction layer formed by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition. The anti-stiction layer is formed on only the area of a substrate other than the top of a movable structure and a part of an electrode that is subsequently bonded to a wire.
Abstract:
A device that is hermetically sealed at a wafer level or a method of hermetically sealing a device, which is sensitive to high temperatures or affected by heating cycles. Semiconductor devices are formed on a wafer. A lid wafer is formed. Adhesives are formed in a predetermined position over the wafer and/or the lid wafer. The wafer and the lid wafer are sealed by the adhesives at the wafer level. The sealing may be performed at a low temperature using a solder to protect the devices sensitive to heat. The sealed devices are diced into individual chips. In the wafer level hermetic sealing method, a sawing operation is performed after the devices are sealed. Therefore, the overall processing time is reduced, devices are protected from the effects of moisture or particles, and devices having a moving structure, such as MEMS devices, are more easily handled.