Invention Grant
- Patent Title: CMUT device and manufacturing method
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Application No.: US15126089Application Date: 2015-03-09
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Publication No.: US09889472B2Publication Date: 2018-02-13
- Inventor: Ruediger Mauczok , Bout Marcelis
- Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
- Applicant Address: NL Eindhoven
- Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
- Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Eindhoven
- Priority: EP14161057 20140321
- International Application: PCT/EP2015/054801 WO 20150309
- International Announcement: WO2015/139979 WO 20150924
- Main IPC: B06B1/02
- IPC: B06B1/02 ; B81C1/00

Abstract:
Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a device (1) comprising a plurality of micro-machined ultrasonic transducer cells (100) in a first region (10) on a substrate (30) and a plurality of interconnects (200) in a second region (20) on said substrate, each of said cells comprising a first electrode (110) separated by a cavity (130) from a second electrode (120) supported by a membrane (140), the method comprising forming a dielectric layer stack (11, 13, 15, 17) over the substrate, said dielectric layer stack defining the respective membranes of the micro-machined ultrasonic transducers in the first region; reducing the thickness of the dielectric layer stack in the second region by partially etching away the dielectric layer stack in the second region; etching a plurality of trenches (22) in the reduced thickness portion of the dielectric layer stack, each of said trenches exposing a conductive contact (210) in the second region; and filling said trenches with a conductive material. A device manufactured in accordance with this method and an apparatus including the device are also disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170080460A1 CMUT DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD Public/Granted day:2017-03-23
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