Abstract:
A MEMS device with electronics integration places integrated circuit components on a topping wafer (120A) of a sensing die to conserve space, minimize errors and reduce cost of the device as a whole. The topping wafer is bonded to a sensing wafer (118) and secured in a housing (138).
Abstract:
A non-magnetic lid for sealing a hermetic package. The lid includes a molybdenum substrate having a sputtered adhesion layer and a copper seed layer. The lid also includes a plated palladium solder base layer, and has a gold/tin solder preform attached to a sealing surface of the lid.
Abstract:
Disclosed are systems, methods, and computer program products for electronic systems with through-substrate interconnects and mems device. An interconnect formed in a substrate having a first surface and a second surface, the interconnect includes: a bulk region; a via extending from the first surface to the second surface; an insulating structure extending through the first surface into the substrate and defining a closed loop around the via, wherein the insulating structure comprises a seam portion separated by at least one solid portion; and an insulating region extending from the insulating structure toward the second surface, the insulating region separating the via from the bulk region, wherein the insulating structure and insulating region collectively provide electrical isolation between the via and the bulk region.
Abstract:
The invention relates to an inertial sensor comprising a frame to which at least two seismic bodies are connected by resilient means such as to be movable in a suspension plane, and transducers to keep the seismic bodies vibrating and determine a relative movement of the seismic bodies relative to one another, characterized in that the seismic bodies have a single shape and a single mass, and in that the seismic bodies comprise interlocking parts such that the seismic bodies are nested inside one another while being movable in the suspension plane relative to the other of the seismic bodies, the seismic bodies having centres of gravity that coincide with one another. The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing such a sensor.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a capacitive micro-machined ultrasonic transducer (CMUT) device comprising a first electrode (112) on a substrate (110) and a second electrode (122) embedded in an electrically insulating membrane, the first electrode and the membrane being separated by a cavity (130) formed by the removal of a sacrificial material (116) in between the first electrode and the membrane, the method comprising forming a membrane portion (22) on the second electrode and a further membrane portion (24) extending from the membrane portion towards the substrate alongside the sacrificial material, wherein the respective thicknesses the membrane portion and the further membrane portion exceed the thickness of the sacrificial material prior to forming said cavity. A CMUT device manufactured in accordance with this method and an apparatus comprising such a CMUT device are also disclosed.
Abstract:
A mechanical device includes a long, narrow element made of a rigid, elastic material. A rigid frame is configured to anchor at least one end of the element, which is attached to the frame, and to define a gap running longitudinally along the element between the beam and the frame, so that the element is free to move within the gap. A solid filler material, different from the rigid, elastic material, fills at least a part of the gap between the element and the frame so as to permit a first mode of movement of the element within the gap while inhibiting a different, second mode of movement.
Abstract:
Methods for fabricating sublithographic, nanoscale microstructures utilizing self-assembling block copolymer, and films and devices formed from these methods are provided.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a semiconductor device comprising a stack of patterned metal layers (12) separated by dielectric layers (14), said stack comprising a first conductive support structure (20) and a second conductive support structure (21) and a cavity (42) in which an inertial mass element (22) comprising at least one metal portion is conductively coupled to the first support structure and the second support structure by respective conductive connection portions (24), at least one of said conductive connection portions being designed to break upon the inertial mass element being exposed to an acceleration force exceeding a threshold defined by the dimensions of the conductive connection portions. A method of manufacturing such a semiconductor device is also disclosed.
Abstract:
A method may include etching a number of holes into a carrier wafer layer to form a plurality of filters in the carrier wafer layer, pattering a chamber layer over a first side of the carrier wafer layer to form chambers above each filter formed in the carrier wafer layer, forming a layer over the chamber layer, grinding a second side of the carrier wafer layer to expose the number of holes etched into the carrier wafer layer, and bonding a molded substrate to the carrier wafer layer opposite the chamber layer.
Abstract:
The invention provides a micromechanical device comprising a support structure and a deflecting element connected to the support structure, wherein the deflecting element comprises at least one deformable member adapted to deform extensionally, flexurally or torsionally with respect to a deformation axis for allowing deflection of the deflecting element with respect to the support structure. Further, there are means for statically deflecting the deflecting element or detecting the magnitude of static deflection of the deflecting element. According to the invention, the deformable member is made of silicon doped with an n-type doping agent to a doping concentration of at least 1.1*10 20 cm -3 . The invention allows for manufacturing micromechanical devices whose mechanical operation is not affected by prevailing temperature conditions.
Abstract translation:本发明提供了一种微机械装置,其包括支撑结构和连接到支撑结构的偏转元件,其中偏转元件包括至少一个可变形构件,该至少一个可变形构件适于相对于支撑结构弯曲地或扭转地 用于允许偏转元件相对于支撑结构偏转的变形轴线。 此外,存在用于使偏转元件静态偏转或检测偏转元件的静态偏转量的装置。 根据本发明,可变形构件由掺杂有n型掺杂剂的硅制成,掺杂浓度至少为1.1×10 20 cm -3。 本发明允许制造机械操作不受主要温度条件影响的微机械装置。 p>