Abstract:
The invention relates to a simple and cost-effective method for producing optically transparent regions (5, 6) in a silicon substrate (1) with which the optically transparent regions can be realized with any thickness and can be provided above a cavity located in the silicon substrate. To this end, at least one defined region (5, 6) of the silicon substrate (1) is firstly etched whereby rendering it porous. Afterwards, the defined porous region (5, 6) of the silicon substrate (1) is oxidized.
Abstract:
There is disclosed a method and an apparatus for producing a semiconductor device having a diaphragm in the form of a thin part and an integrated circuit section with electrode on the same substrate, said method comprises a first step of forming a semiconductor layer of a second conduction type over a single-crystal semiconductor substrate of a first conduction type; a second step of forming the integrated circuit section with electrode on the semiconductor layer; a third step of forming the electrode in a scribe line area on the semiconductor layer and electrically connecting the electrode in the scribe line area to the electrode of the integrated circuit section; a fourth step of electrochemically etching predetermined parts of the substrate by transmitting electricity for the electrochemical etching through the electrode in the scribe line area, to form the diaphragm from the semiconductor layer and a fifth step of dicing the substrate into chips along the scribe line area, each of the chips forming the semiconductor device.
Abstract:
An element with elongated, high aspect ratio channels (30) such as microchannel plate is fabricated by electrochemical etching of a p-type silicon element (10) in a electrolyte (26) to form channels extending through the element. The electrolyte may be an aqueous electrolyte. For use as a microchannel plate, the silicon surfaces of the channels can be converted to insulating silicon dioxide (28), and a dynode material (32) with a high electron emissivity can be deposited onto the insulating surfaces of the channels. New dynode materials are also disclosed.
Abstract:
An element with elongated, high aspect ratio channels (30) such as microchannel plate is fabricated by electrochemical etching of a p-type silicon element (10) in a electrolyte (26) to form channels extending through the element. The electrolyte may be an aqueous electrolyte. For use as a microchannel plate, the silicon surfaces of the channels can be converted to insulating silicon dioxide (28), and a dynode material (32) with a high electron emissivity can be deposited onto the insulating surfaces of the channels. New dynode materials are also disclosed.
Abstract:
The invention provides a nanostructure including an anodized film including nanoholes. The anodized film is formed on a substrate having a surface including at least one material selected from the group consisting of semiconductors, noble metals, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu and carbon. The nanoholes are cut completely through the anodized film from the surface of the anodized film to the surface of the substrate. The nanoholes have a first diameter at the surface of the anodized film and a second diameter at the surface of the substrate. The nanoholes are characterized in that either a constriction exists at a location between the surface of the anodized film and the surface of the substrate, or the second diameter is greater than the first diameter.
Abstract:
Disclosed herein is a novel a tunable Micro-Electro-Mechanical (MEMS) Etalon system including: a functional layer patterned to define a suspension structure for suspending a first mirror being an aperture mirror of the Etalon, an aperture mirror coupled to the suspension structure, and a back layer including a second mirror, being a back mirror of the Etalon. The functional layer may be located above the back layer and the back layer may include spacer structures protruding therefrom towards the aperture mirror to define a minimal gap between the aperture mirror and the back mirror and prevent collision between them. The aspect ratio between the width of the etalon/mirrors may be high (e.g. at least 500), and the minimal gap/distance between the mirrors may be small in the order of tens of nanometers (nm). Accordingly, in some implementations the parallelism between the aperture mirror and the back mirror is adjustable to avoid chromatic artifacts associated with spatial variations in the spectral transmission profile across the etalon.
Abstract:
The invention provides a method and a device for reliable, rapid, simple, easily implementable and reproducible electrochemical microstructuring and/or nanostructuring. For this purpose, the subject of the invention is a method for electrochemically structuring a specimen (12) made of a conductive or semiconductor material and comprising two opposed faces, a front face (11) and a rear face (13). The method comprises the steps consisting: in bringing at least the front face (11) of the specimen (12) into contact with at least one electrolytic solution (4) stored in at least one reservoir (3); in placing at least one counterelectrode (6) in the electrolyte (4) opposite the front face (11) of the specimen (12) that has to be structured; in placing at least one working electrode (7) in dry ohmic contact with the rear face (13) of the specimen (12), said working electrode having structuring features (14); and in applying an electric current between the two electrodes in order to obtain an electrochemical reaction at the interface between the front face (11) of the specimen (12) and the electrolyte (4), with a current density that is modulated by the structuring features (14) of the working electrode (7) in order to etch material from or deposit material on the front face (11) of the specimen (12).
Abstract:
The invention relates to a simple and cost-effective method for producing optically transparent regions (5, 6) in a silicon substrate (1) with which the optically transparent regions can be realized with any thickness and can be provided above a cavity located in the silicon substrate. To this end, at least one defined region (5, 6) of the silicon substrate (1) is firstly etched whereby rendering it porous. Afterwards, the defined porous region (5, 6) of the silicon substrate (1) is oxidized.
Abstract:
A microelectromechanical structure is formed by depositing sacrificial and structural material over a substrate to form a structural layer on a component electrically attached with the substrate (step 102). The galvanic potential of the structural layer is greater than the galvanic potential of the component. At least a portion of the structural material is covered with a protective material that has a galvanic potential less than or equal to the galvanic potential of the component (step 104 or 106). The sacrificial material is removed with a release solution (step 108 or 110). At least one of the protective material and release solution is surfactanated, the surfactant functionalizing a surface of the component.