Patent classifications
B81C1/00047
Optical electronics device
An optical electronics device includes first, second and third wafers. The first wafer has a semiconductor substrate with a dielectric layer on a side of the semiconductor substrate. The second wafer has a transparent substrate with an anti-reflective coating on a side of the transparent substrate. The first wafer is bonded to the second wafer at a silicon dioxide layer between the semiconductor substrate and the anti-reflective coating. The first and second wafers include a cavity extending from the dielectric layer through the semiconductor substrate and through the silicon dioxide layer to the anti-reflective coating. The third wafer includes micromechanical elements. The third wafer is bonded to the dielectric layer, and the micromechanical elements are contained within the cavity.
Compression and cold weld sealing method for an electrical via connection
Compression cold welding methods, joint structures, and hermetically sealed containment devices are provided. The method includes providing a first substrate having at least one first joint structure which comprises a first joining surface, which surface comprises a first metal; providing a second substrate having at least one second joint structure which comprises a second joining surface, which surface comprises a second metal; and compressing together the at least one first joint structure and the at least one second joint structure to locally deform and shear the joining surfaces at one or more interfaces in an amount effective to form a metal-to-metal bond between the first metal and second metal of the joining surfaces. Overlaps at the joining surfaces are effective to displace surface contaminants and facilitate intimate contact between the joining surfaces without heat input. Hermetically sealed devices can contain drug formulations, biosensors, or MEMS devices.
MEMS package comprising multi-depth trenches
The present disclosure relates to a MEMS package having different trench depths, and a method of fabricating the MEMS package. In some embodiments, a cap substrate is bonded to a device substrate. The cap substrate comprises a cap substrate bonded to a device substrate. The cap substrate comprises a MEMS trench, a scribe trench, and an edge trench respectively recessed from at a front-side surface of the cap substrate. A stopper is disposed within the MEMS trench and raised from a bottom surface of the MEMS trench.
MEMS microphone and method of manufacturing the same
A MEMS microphone includes a substrate defining a cavity, a diaphragm being spaced apart from the substrate, covering the cavity, and being configured to generate a displacement thereof in response to an applied acoustic pressure, an anchor extending from an end portion of the diaphragm, the anchor including a lower surface in contact with an upper surface of the substrate to support the diaphragm, a back plate disposed over the diaphragm, the back plate being spaced apart from the diaphragm such that an air gap is maintained between the back plate and the diaphragm, and defining a plurality of acoustic holes and an upper insulation layer provided on the substrate, covering the back plate, and holding the back plate to space the back plate from the diaphragm, the upper insulation layer having a flat plate shape to prevent sagging of the back plate.
Device member including cavity and method of producing the device member including cavity
A device member including a cavity, includes a base member, an interlayer, an upper layer, an opening portion, and a gas-permeable sealing layer. The base member includes a first semiconductor. The interlayer is formed on the base member and is non-conductive. The upper layer is formed on the interlayer and includes a second semiconductor. The opening portion is formed at the upper layer. The gas-permeable sealing layer is formed to seal the opening portion formed at the upper layer. The cavity is formed by removing the interlayer with an etching gas that penetrates through the sealing layer.
MEMS device with sealed cavity and method for fabricating same
Disclosed is a MEMS device having lower and upper chambers with a similar pressure and/or a similar gaseous chemistry. The MEMS device includes a top MEMS plate and a bottom MEMS plate. The MEMS device also includes a lower chamber between the bottom MEMS plate and the top MEMS plate, and an upper chamber between the top MEMS plate and a sealing layer. The top MEMS plate includes at least one segment that is narrower than the bottom MEMS plate, thereby causing the lower and upper chambers to have a similar pressure and/or a similar gaseous chemistry. In another implementation, the top MEMS plate has at least one through-hole, thereby causing the lower and upper chambers to have a similar pressure and/or a similar gaseous chemistry.
METHOD FOR PREPARING MICRO-CAVITY ARRAY SURFACE WITH INCLINED SMOOTH BOTTOM SURFACE BASED ON AIR MOLDING METHOD
The present invention provides a method for preparing a micro-cavity array surface with an inclined smooth bottom surface based on an air molding method. The method includes: preparing a micro-cavity array surface; preparing an auxiliary microstructure polymer template, and performing plasma treatment on the auxiliary microstructure polymer template; uniformly spreading a layer of a liquid polymer film to be formed on the auxiliary microstructure polymer template subjected to the plasma treatment; placing a gap bead in an empty position on the micro-cavity array surface; placing the auxiliary microstructure polymer template spread with the liquid polymer film on the gap bead on the micro-cavity array surface, maintaining this state, and feeding the auxiliary microstructure polymer template into a vacuum drying oven; and heating and solidifying the liquid polymer film, and separating the micro-cavity array surface to obtain the micro-cavity array surface with the inclined smooth bottom surface.
MEMS SENSOR INCLUDING A DIAPHRAGM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A MEMS SENSOR
A MEMS sensor including a diaphragm, a base surface area of the diaphragm being delimited with the aid of a peripheral wall structure, and the base surface area including at least two subareas, of which at least one of the subareas is deflectably situated, and the at least two subareas being separated from one another with the aid of at least one separating structure or being delimited by the latter. The separating structure includes at least one fluid through-opening for the passage of fluid.
Highly-ordered nano-structure array and Fabricating Method thereof
A highly-ordered nano-structure array, formed on a substrate, mainly comprises a plurality of highly-ordered nano-structure units. Each of the highly-ordered nano-structure units forms a receiving compartment. One end of the receiving compartment opposite to the substrate has an opening. Each of the highly-ordered nano-structure units comprises at least one thin film layer. A periphery and a bottom of the receiving compartment are defined by an inner surface of a surrounding portion of the at least one thin film layer and a top surface of a bottom portion of the at least one thin film layer, respectively. The at least one thin film layer is made of at least one material selected from the group consisting of: metal, alloy, oxide, nitride, and sulfide.
Micromachined mirror assembly having reflective layers on both sides
Embodiments of the disclosure provide a micromachined mirror assembly having a mirror-base layer, a first reflective layer on a top surface of the mirror-base layer, and a second reflective layer on a bottom surface of the mirror-base layer. In an example, the first reflective layer is reflective to incident light of the micromachined mirror assembly, and the first reflective layer and the second reflective layer are made of a same material and have same dimensions.