There is provided a method of manufacturing a pattern substrate in which a pattern is formed on the surface of the substrate. The manufacturing method includes a step of preparing the substrate and a step of arranging a liquid-repellent or lyophilic material on the surface of the substrate so as to form the pattern on the surface of the substrate in which the surface of the substrate has a liquid-repellent region and a lyophilic region, the pattern is formed by one of the liquid-repellent region and the lyophilic region and the pattern is used to locate a component by the surface tension of a liquid member.

A method includes: providing a first substrate on which a plurality of first semiconductor devices is formed; providing a second substrate on which a plurality of second semiconductor devices is formed; and coupling the first and second substrates by contacting respective dummy pads of the first and second substrates, wherein at least one of the dummy pads of the first and second substrates comprises plural peaks and valleys.

An escape wheel serving as a mechanical component includes an axle member, and an escape gear portion serving as a rotation member which has a holding portion for holding the axle member, and a rim portion having a plurality of tooth portions. The holding portion has a plurality of projection portions formed to project into a through-hole into which the axle member is inserted. An elastic portion extending from between the projection portions adjacent to each other is provided between the holding portion and the rim portion.

A method of attaching a MEMS die to a surface includes centering and rotationally aligning a solder perform on a solder surface of a body, centering and rotationally aligning a MEMS die on the solder preform, and heating the solder perform in a reflow process until the solder is molten and surface tension of the molten solder moves the MEMS die to a position where the surface tensions balance, and the MEMS die is centered on, and rotationally aligned with, the solder surface of the body.

The invention relates to a method for producing a structure with spatial encoded functionality, the method comprising: providing in a volume (114) a first photosensitive material (116) that is two-photon crosslinking compatible, generating in the volume (114) a framework of crosslinked first photo-sensitive material (116), the generating of the framework comprising exposing the first photosensitive material (116) with a first focused laser beam (118) according to a first pattern for specifically initiating a two-photon crosslinking of the first photosensitive material (116) in accordance with the first pattern, removing from the volume (114) any remaining non-crosslinked portions of the first photosensitive material (116), providing to the volume (114) a second photosensitive material (116) that is two-photon crosslinking compatible, generating in the volume (114) the structure, the generating of the structure comprising exposing the second photosensitive material (116) with a second focused laser beam (118) according to a second pattern for specifically initiating a two-photon crosslinking of predefined surface portions of the framework and the second photosensitive material (116) in accordance with the second pattern, removing from the volume (114) any remaining non-crosslinked portions of the second photosensitive material (116).

A sensor for measuring, for example, the pressure of a gas or other fluid comprising a glass substrate having an aperture defined therethrough. A semiconductor die defining a diaphragm is anodically bonded to the glass substrate such that the diaphragm is exposed via the aperture. At least one electrically conductive element in electrical communication with the semiconductor die is arranged on a surface of the glass substrate.

A spatial light modulation element module having a large area is manufactured. A spatial light modulation element module comprising a base member and a plurality of spatial light modulation element arrays, wherein each of the plurality of spatial light modulation element arrays has a light modulation element which modulates and emits at least one of the intensity and the phase of an incident light, and the base member maintains the plurality of spatial light modulation element arrays in a predetermined relative position in a bare chip state. In the above-described spatial light modulation element module, the plurality of spatial light modulation element arrays may be in a staggered arrangement in at least 1 direction.

The invention relates to a composite component comprising an element with an opening into which extend stressed resilient means confined within a volume of an at least partially amorphous metal alloy, said composite component comprising a passage that, is centered with respect to said stressed resilient means.

An alignment recess formed in a cover substrate such as a cover for a MEMS device allows a second substrate to be bonded to the cover substrate. The alignment recess is larger than the second substrate and has two corner regions diagonally opposite each other where a wall of the recess protrudes to form a notch. The notch is dimensioned such that when the second substrate is disposed within the recess with two opposing corners surrounded by respective notches of the recess, the angular position of the second substrate relative to the cover substrate can be controlled to within a desired amount of rotation.

A method for fabricating a micro-electronics H-frame device is provided by micro-machining a top cover usable in the device, and micro-machining a bottom cover usable in the device. The method includes fabricating together on a front of a wafer a top surface of a top substrate, the top substrate usable in the device, and a bottom surface of a bottom substrate, the bottom substrate usable in the device, wherein the top surface of the top substrate comprises top substrate top metallization, and wherein the bottom surface of the bottom substrate comprises bottom surface bottom metallization. In addition, fabricating mid-substrate metallization, bonding the top substrate to the top cover, and bonding the bottom substrate to the bottom cover are performed. The top substrate is bonded to a top surface of the mid-substrate metallization and bonding the bottom substrate to a bottom surface of the mid-substrate metallization, thereby creating a vertical electrical connection between the top substrate and the bottom substrate.