An MEMS microphone comprises a substrate; a cover covering the substrate and forming an acoustic cavity with the substrate, wherein the substrate of the acoustic cavity is provided with: an acoustic transducer disposed in a first region of the substrate; an integrated circuit chip comprising a first bonding pad and a second bonding pad, wherein the first bonding pad is connected to the acoustic transducer via lead wires, the second bonding pad communicates with a groove formed at a bottom of the integrated circuit chip; a metal connection layer is formed on a surface of the groove and a portion where the metal connection layer extends to a bottom surface of the integrated circuit chip serves as a metal connection area. The integrated circuit chip is connected to a second region of the substrate through the metal connection area.

An integrated CMOS-MEMS device includes a first substrate having a CMOS device, a second substrate having a MEMS device, an insulator layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, a dischargeable ground-contact, an electrical bypass structure, and a contrast stress layer. The first substrate includes a conductor that is conductively connecting to the CMOS devices. The electrical bypass structure has a conducting layer conductively connecting this conductor of the first substrate with the dischargeable ground-contact through a process-configurable electrical connection. The contrast stress layer is disposed between the insulator layer and the conducting layer of the electrical bypass structure.

Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a method for forming a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) device. The method includes forming a filter stack over a carrier substrate. The filter stack comprises a particle filter layer having a particle filter. A support structure layer is formed over the filter stack. The support structure layer is patterned to define a support structure in the support structure layer such that the support structure has one or more segments. The support structure is bonded to a MEMS structure.

A packaging method and a packaging structure are provided. The packaging method includes providing a cap wafer including a groove; forming a sacrificial layer in the groove and a first device on the sacrificial layer; providing a substrate wafer and a second device formed on the substrate wafer; bonding a surface of the cap wafer having the first device formed thereon with a surface of the substrate wafer having the second device formed thereon, to form an electrical connection between the first device and the second device; and removing the sacrificial layer from a side of the cap wafer away from the substrate wafer, to form a cavity. The first device is located in the cavity.

A low-profile packaging structure for a microelectromechanical-system (MEMS) resonator system includes an electrical lead having internal and external electrical contact surfaces at respective first and second heights within a cross-sectional profile of the packaging structure and a die-mounting surface at an intermediate height between the first and second heights. A resonator-control chip is mounted to the die-mounting surface of the electrical lead such that at least a portion of the resonator-control chip is disposed between the first and second heights and wire-bonded to the internal electrical contact surface of the electrical lead. A MEMS resonator chip is mounted to the resonator-control chip in a stacked die configuration and the MEMS resonator chip, resonator-control chip and internal electrical contact and die-mounting surfaces of the electrical lead are enclosed within a package enclosure that exposes the external electrical contact surface of the electrical lead at an external surface of the packaging structure.

An embodiment is a MEMS device including a first MEMS die having a first cavity at a first pressure, a second MEMS die having a second cavity at a second pressure, the second pressure being different from the first pressure, and a molding material surrounding the first MEMS die and the second MEMS die, the molding material having a first surface over the first and the second MEMS dies. The device further includes a first set of electrical connectors in the molding material, each of the first set of electrical connectors coupling at least one of the first and the second MEMS dies to the first surface of the molding material, and a second set of electrical connectors over the first surface of the molding material, each of the second set of electrical connectors being coupled to at least one of the first set of electrical connectors.

Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a method for manufacturing a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) device. The method includes forming a particle filter layer over a carrier substrate. The particle filter layer is patterned while the particle filter layer is disposed on the carrier substrate to define a particle filter in the particle filter layer. A MEMS substrate is bonded to the carrier substrate. A MEMS structure is formed over the MEMS substrate.

Intravascular devices, systems, and methods are disclosed. In some embodiments, the intravascular devices are guide wires that include a capacitive pressure-sensing component disposed at a distal portion of the guide wire. Methods of making such intravascular devices, including various manufacturing and assembling techniques, are disclosed. Systems associated with such intravascular devices and methods of using such devices and systems are also disclosed.

A terminal assembly structure of a MEMS microphone, including a signal let out board disposed at a terminal and a silicon microphone disposed at the signal let out board. The silicon microphone includes a housing, a substrate forming an accommodation space with the housing, and an MEMS chip accommodated in the accommodation space. A position of the substrate corresponding to the MEMS chip is disposed with a sound inlet connected to the outside, wherein a position where the signal let out board corresponding to the silicon microphone is disposed with an accommodation hole. The housing is accommodated in the accommodation hole. The substrate abuts a surface of the signal let out board and covers the accommodation hole. A surface of the substrate disposed with the housing is provided with a pad which is electrically connected with the signal let out board.

A packaged environmental sensor includes a supporting structure and a sensor die, which incorporates an environmental sensor and is arranged on a first side of the supporting structure. A control chip is coupled to the sensor die and is arranged on a second side of the supporting structure opposite to the first side. A lid is bonded to the first side of the supporting structure and is open towards the outside in a direction opposite to the supporting structure. The sensor die is housed within the lid.