B81B2207/09

MEMS Device with Multi Pressure
20180002166 · 2018-01-04 ·

Micro-electromechanical (MEMS) devices and methods of forming are provided. The MEMS device includes a first substrate including a first conductive feature, a first movable element positioned over the first conductive feature, a second conductive feature, and a second movable element positioned over the second conductive feature. The MEMS device also includes a cap bonded to the first substrate, where the cap and the first substrate define a first sealed cavity and a second sealed cavity. The first conductive feature and the first movable element are disposed in the first sealed cavity and the second conductive feature and the second movable element are disposed in the second sealed cavity. A pressure of the second cavity is higher than a pressure of the first sealed cavity, and an out gas layer is disposed in a recess of the cap that partially defines the second sealed cavity.

Electronic package including cavity formed by removal of sacrificial material from within a cap

An electronic component comprises a substrate including a main surface on which a functional unit is formed and a cap layer defining a cavity enclosing and covering the functional unit. The cap layer is provided with holes communicating an inside of the cavity with an outside of the cavity. A resin layer covers the cap layer and the main surface and includes one or more bores and a solder layer having a thickness less than a thickness of the resin layer disposed within the one or more bores.

COVER MEMBER FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE, PACKAGE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC MODULE
20220396475 · 2022-12-15 · ·

Provided is a cover member for an electronic device, the cover member having a through hole extending between a first surface and a second surface. The cover member for an electronic device includes a plurality of long particles that are present in an inner wall facing the through hole and whose longitudinal direction is along a through axis of the through hole in a cross section including the through axis.

METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE PACKAGING
20230126914 · 2023-04-27 ·

An example method of producing a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) package, the method comprising: applying first epoxy layers to a first substrate, at least one of the first epoxy layers coupled to a second substrate; applying a first post gel heat treatment to the first epoxy layers; after applying the first post gel heat treatment to the first epoxy layers, applying second epoxy layers to the second substrate and to the first epoxy layers; and applying a second post gel heat treatment to the first epoxy layers and the second epoxy layers.

Piezoelectric MEMS microphone

A microphone including a casing having a front wall, a back wall, and a side wall joining the front wall to the back wall, a transducer mounted to the front wall, the transducer including a substrate and a transducing element, the transducing element having a transducer acoustic compliance dependent on the transducing element dimensions, a back cavity cooperatively defined between the back wall, the side wall, and the transducer, the back cavity having a back cavity acoustic compliance. The transducing element is dimensioned such that the transducing element length matches a predetermined resonant frequency and the transducing element width, thickness, and elasticity produces a transducer acoustic compliance within a given range of the back cavity acoustic compliance.

Fence structure to prevent stiction in a MEMS motion sensor

The present disclosure relates to a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) package featuring a flat plate having a raised edge around its perimeter serving as an anti-stiction device, and an associated method of formation. A CMOS IC is provided having a dielectric structure surrounding a plurality of conductive interconnect layers disposed over a CMOS substrate. A MEMS IC is bonded to the dielectric structure such that it forms a cavity with a lowered central portion the dielectric structure, and the MEMS IC includes a movable mass that is arranged within the cavity. The CMOS IC includes an anti-stiction plate disposed under the movable mass. The anti-stiction plate is made of a conductive material and has a raised edge surrounding at least a part of a perimeter of a substantially planar upper surface.

CMOS-MEMS STRUCTURES WITH OUT-OF-PLANE MEMS SENSING GAP
20170334709 · 2017-11-23 ·

A micro-electro-mechanical system sensor device is disclosed. The sensor device comprises a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) layer, comprising: an actuator layer and a cover layer, wherein a portion of the actuator layer is coupled to the cover layer via a dielectric; and an out-of-plane sense element interposed between the actuator layer and the cover layer, wherein the MEMS device layer is connected to a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) substrate layer via a spring and an anchor.

ELECTRONIC PACKAGE INCLUDING CAVITY FORMED BY REMOVAL OF SACRIFICIAL MATERIAL FROM WITHIN A CAP

A method of fabricating an electronic component includes forming a functional unit on a main surface of a substrate, forming a sacrificial layer covering the functional unit on the main surface, forming a cap layer covering the sacrificial layer, the cap layer forming a periphery enclosing the cavity on the main surface, forming holes through the cap layer, forming a cavity by removing the sacrificial layer using a wet etching process through the holes, the holes including a peripheral hole communicating an inside of the cavity with an outside of the cavity along the main surface, and forming a first resin layer covering the cap layer and the main surface.

MONOLITHICALLY INTEGRATED MULTI-SENSOR DEVICE ON A SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE AND METHOD THEREFOR
20220033255 · 2022-02-03 · ·

A monolithically integrated multi-sensor (MIMS) is disclosed. A MIMs integrated circuit comprises a plurality of sensors. For example, the integrated circuit can comprise three or more sensors where each sensor measures a different parameter. The three or more sensors can share one or more layers to form each sensor structure. In one embodiment, the three or more sensors can comprise MEMs sensor structures. Examples of the sensors that can be formed on a MIMs integrated circuit are an inertial sensor, a pressure sensor, a tactile sensor, a humidity sensor, a temperature sensor, a microphone, a force sensor, a load sensor, a magnetic sensor, a flow sensor, a light sensor, an electric field sensor, an electrical impedance sensor, a galvanic skin response sensor, a chemical sensor, a gas sensor, a liquid sensor, a solids sensor, and a biological sensor.

STRESS DECOUPLING IN MEMS TRANSDUCERS

A MEMS transducer (200) comprises a substrate (101) having a first surface (102) and a membrane (103) formed relative to an aperture in the substrate. The MEMS transducer (200) further comprises one or more bonding structures (107) coupled to the substrate, wherein the one or more bonding structures (107), during use, mechanically couple the MEMS transducer to an associated substrate (111). The MEMS transducer (200) comprises a sealing element (109) for providing a seal, during use, in relation to the substrate (101) and the associated substrate (111). A stress decoupling member (119) is coupled between the substrate (101) and the sealing element (109).