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公开(公告)号:US12101062B1
公开(公告)日:2024-09-24
申请号:US18130843
申请日:2023-04-04
申请人: SiTime Corporation
摘要: In an integrated circuit device having a microelectromechanical-system (MEMS) resonator and a temperature transducer, a clock signal is generated by sensing resonant mechanical motion of the MEMS resonator and a temperature signal indicative of temperature of the MEMS resonator is generated via the temperature transducer. The clock signal and the temperature signal are output from the integrated circuit device concurrently.
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公开(公告)号:US11869870B1
公开(公告)日:2024-01-09
申请号:US17953697
申请日:2022-09-27
申请人: SiTime Corporation
CPC分类号: H01L24/83 , H01L24/03 , H01L24/05 , H01L24/80 , H01L25/50 , H01L2224/0346 , H01L2224/0381 , H01L2224/03826 , H01L2224/056 , H01L2224/05124 , H01L2224/05609 , H01L2224/05611 , H01L2224/05618 , H01L2224/05639 , H01L2224/05644 , H01L2224/05655 , H01L2224/05664 , H01L2224/05666 , H01L2224/05669 , H01L2224/05673 , H01L2224/05676 , H01L2224/05678 , H01L2224/05683 , H01L2224/08148 , H01L2224/80048 , H01L2224/80097 , H01L2224/80805 , H01L2224/83048 , H01L2224/83143 , H01L2224/83355 , H01L2224/83895 , H01L2224/83911 , H01L2224/94 , H01L2225/06513 , H01L2924/01047 , H01L2924/01079 , H01L2924/10252 , H01L2924/10253 , H01L2924/10271 , H01L2924/1461
摘要: First and second contacts are formed on first and second wafers from disparate first and second conductive materials, at least one of which is subject to surface oxidation when exposed to air. A layer of oxide-inhibiting material is disposed over a bonding surface of the first contact and the first and second wafers are positioned relative to one another such that a bonding surface of the second contact is in physical contact with the layer of oxide-inhibiting material. Thereafter, the first and second contacts and the layer of oxide-inhibiting material are heated to a temperature that renders the first and second contacts and the layer of oxide-inhibiting material to liquid phases such that at least the first and second contacts alloy into a eutectic bond.
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公开(公告)号:US11770112B1
公开(公告)日:2023-09-26
申请号:US17197378
申请日:2021-03-10
申请人: SiTime Corporation
发明人: Charles I. Grosjean , Ginel C. Hill , Paul M. Hagelin , Renata Melamud Berger , Aaron Partridge , Markus Lutz
CPC分类号: H03H9/2457 , B81C1/0069 , H03H3/0072 , H03H3/0076 , H03H9/1057
摘要: A microelectromechanical system (MEMS) resonator includes a substrate having a substantially planar surface and a resonant member having sidewalls disposed in a nominally perpendicular orientation with respect to the planar surface. Impurity dopant is introduced via the sidewalls of the resonant member such that a non-uniform dopant concentration profile is established along axis extending between the sidewalls parallel to the substrate surface and exhibits a relative minimum concentration in a middle region of the axis.
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公开(公告)号:US11747229B2
公开(公告)日:2023-09-05
申请号:US18080243
申请日:2022-12-13
申请人: SiTime Corporation
摘要: Spatially-distributed resonant MEMS sensors are coordinated to generate frequency-modulated signals indicative of regional contact forces, ambient conditions and/or environmental composition.
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公开(公告)号:US20230184609A1
公开(公告)日:2023-06-15
申请号:US18080243
申请日:2022-12-13
申请人: SiTime Corporation
摘要: Spatially-distributed resonant MEMS sensors are coordinated to generate frequency-modulated signals indicative of regional contact forces, ambient conditions and/or environmental composition.
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公开(公告)号:US20220360218A1
公开(公告)日:2022-11-10
申请号:US17824389
申请日:2022-05-25
申请人: SiTime Corporation
发明人: Carl Arft , Aaron Partridge , Markus Lutz , Charles I. Grosjean
摘要: One or more heating elements are provided to heat a MEMS component (such as a resonator) to a temperature higher than an ambient temperature range in which the MEMS component is intended to operate—in effect, heating the MEMS component and optionally related circuitry to a steady-state “oven” temperature above that which would occur naturally during component operation and thereby avoiding temperature-dependent performance variance/instability (frequency, voltage, propagation delay, etc.). In a number of embodiments, an IC package is implemented with distinct temperature-isolated and temperature-interfaced regions, the former bearing or housing the MEMS component and subject to heating (i.e., to oven temperature) by the one or more heating elements while the latter is provided with (e.g., disposed adjacent) one or more heat dissipation paths to discharge heat generated by transistor circuitry (i.e., expel heat from the integrated circuit package).
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公开(公告)号:US11488930B1
公开(公告)日:2022-11-01
申请号:US17138255
申请日:2020-12-30
申请人: SiTime Corporation
摘要: First and second contacts are formed on first and second wafers from disparate first and second conductive materials, at least one of which is subject to surface oxidation when exposed to air. A layer of oxide-inhibiting material is disposed over a bonding surface of the first contact and the first and second wafers are positioned relative to one another such that a bonding surface of the second contact is in physical contact with the layer of oxide-inhibiting material. Thereafter, the first and second contacts and the layer of oxide-inhibiting material are heated to a temperature that renders the first and second contacts and the layer of oxide-inhibiting material to liquid phases such that at least the first and second contacts alloy into a eutectic bond.
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公开(公告)号:US10737934B1
公开(公告)日:2020-08-11
申请号:US15911045
申请日:2018-03-02
申请人: SiTime Corporation
发明人: Nicholas Miller , Ginel C. Hill , Charles I. Grosjean , Michael Julian Daneman , Paul M. Hagelin , Aaron Partridge
摘要: A semiconductor device includes first and second exposed electrical contacts and a cavity having a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) structure therein. A conductive path extends from the first exposed electrical contact to the cavity and an over-voltage protection element electrically is coupled between the first and second exposed electrical contacts.
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公开(公告)号:US20180257929A1
公开(公告)日:2018-09-13
申请号:US15897135
申请日:2018-02-14
申请人: SiTime Corporation
摘要: A semiconductor device includes a first silicon layer disposed between second and third silicon layers and separated therefrom by respective first and second oxide layers. A cavity within the first silicon layer is bounded by interior surfaces of the second and third silicon layers, and a passageway extends through the second silicon layer to enable material removal from within the semiconductor device to form the cavity. A metal feature is disposed within the passageway to hermetically seal the cavity.
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公开(公告)号:US09705470B1
公开(公告)日:2017-07-11
申请号:US14617753
申请日:2015-02-09
申请人: SiTime Corporation
IPC分类号: H01L41/16 , H01L41/18 , H01L41/047 , H03H9/02 , H01L41/314 , H01L41/29 , H01L41/253 , H03H9/15
CPC分类号: H03H9/02448 , H03H9/02362 , H03H9/2452 , H03H2003/027 , H03H2009/02307 , H03H2009/155
摘要: Degenerately doped semiconductor materials are deployed within resonant structures to control the first and higher order temperature coefficients of frequency, thereby enabling temperature dependence to be engineered without need for cumulative material layers which tend to drive up cost and compromise resonator performance.
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