Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Surface micromachined structures
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Application No.: US17899537Application Date: 2022-08-30
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Publication No.: US11713243B2Publication Date: 2023-08-01
- Inventor: Patrick Ian Oden , James Norman Hall
- Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Applicant Address: US TX Dallas
- Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Dallas
- Agent Frank D. Cimino
- The original application number of the division: US16731997 2019.12.31
- Main IPC: B81C1/00
- IPC: B81C1/00 ; G03B21/00 ; B81B3/00 ; H04N13/365 ; H04N5/74

Abstract:
In one example, a method comprises forming a first layer on a substrate surface, forming an opening in the first layer, forming a second layer on the first layer and in the opening, and forming a photoresist layer on the second layer, in which the photoresist layer has a first curved surface over a first part of the first layer and over the opening. The method further comprises etching the photoresist layer and a second part of the second layer over the first part of the first layer to form a second curved surface on the second part of the second layer, and forming a mirror element and a support structure in the second layer, including by etching a third part of the second layer and removing the first layer.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220411262A1 SURFACE MICROMACHINED STRUCTURES Public/Granted day:2022-12-29
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