Abstract:
본 발명은 두 개 이상의 층을 가지는 주성분인 제1결정재료의 증착에 의하여 형성되는 결정박막구조에 관한 것으로, 상기 제1결정재료의 층 사이에 제1결정재료의 격자상수와는 다른 격자상수를 가지는 제2결정재료의 층을 끼워넣음으로써, 제1결정재료의 주상결정의 성장을 방해함에 의하여, 상기 제1결정재료만으로 형성된 결정박막의 부등응력 프로파일에 비하여 상기 박막구조의 두께에 걸쳐 부등응력 프로파일이 감소되는 결정박막구조이다.
Abstract:
본 개시내용은 이동가능 층을 제어하기 위한 시스템들, 방법들 및 장치를 제공한다. 일 양상에서, 전기기계 시스템 디바이스는 갭을 정의하기 위하여 기판 및 기판위에 배치된 이동가능 층을 포함한다. 이동가능 층은 작동 위치와 릴랙스 위치 사이의 갭내에서 이동가능하며, 미러층, 캡층, 및 미러층과 캡층 사이에 배치된 유전체층을 포함한다. 이동가능 층은 이동가능 층이 릴랙스 위치에 있을때 기판으로부터 멀어지는 방향의 만곡부를 가지도록 구성된다. 일부 구현들에서, 이동가능 층은 희생층이 제거될때 이동가능 층을 위쪽으로 향해 이동가능 층의 만곡부를 유도할 수 있는, 기판쪽으로 향하는 양의 응력 기울기를 가지도록 형성될 수 있다.
Abstract:
PURPOSE: A display device and a manufacturing method thereof are provided to form a stable amorphous silicon film by providing a movable shutter with a low residual stress. CONSTITUTION: A display panel having provided a plurality of pixels which includes a driving circuit for driving a movable shutter(118) with amorphous silicon. The amorphous silicon of the movable shutter is composed of amorphous silicon films. One of the two adjacent amorphous silicon films has a different characteristic value from that of the other.
Abstract:
Methods and apparatus are provided for controlling a depth of a cavity between two layers of a light modulating device. A method of making a light modulating device includes providing a substrate, forming a sacrificial layer over at least a portion of the substrate, forming a reflective layer over at least a portion of the sacrificial layer, and forming one or more flexure controllers over the substrate, the flexure controllers configured so as to operably support the reflective layer and to form cavities, upon removal of the sacrificial layer, of a depth measurably different than the thickness of the sacrificial layer, wherein the depth is measured perpendicular to the substrate.
Abstract:
Described herein is the use of a diffusion barrier layer between metallic layers in MEMS devices. The diffusion barrier layer prevents mixing of the two metals, which can alter desired physical characteristics and complicate processing. In one example, the diffusion barrier layer may be used as part of a movable reflective structure in interferometric modulators.
Abstract:
A MEMS device (100, 300) and method of fabrication including a plurality of structural tie bars (108, 303, 304) for added structural integrity. The MEMS device includes an active layer (202) and a substrate (102) having an insulating material (204) formed therebetween, first and second pluralities of stationary electrodes (103, 105) and a plurality of moveable electrodes (107) in the active layer. A plurality of interconnects (106, 301, 302) are electrically coupled to a second surface of each of the first and second pluralities of stationary electrodes. A plurality of anchors (226) fixedly attach a first surface of each of the first and second pluralities of stationary electrodes to the substrate. A first structural tie bar couples a second surface of each of the first plurality of stationary electrodes and a second structural tie bar couples a second surface of each of the second plurality of stationary electrodes.
Abstract:
A method for forming a thin film structure, which has small tensile stress due to controlled mechanical stress, and is made to be conductive, is provided. A lower film including polysilicon thin film is formed on a substrate such as Si substrate, then an impurity such as P is doped into the lower film and thermally diffused, thereby the lower film is made conductive. Then, an upper film is deposited on the lower film, the upper film including a polysilicon thin film that is simply deposited and not made to be conductive. The upper film has a tensile stress in an approximately the same level as compressive stress of the lower film, and a thin film structure as a whole, the structure including the lower film and the upper film, is adjusted to have small tensile stress.
Abstract:
Embodiments of MEMS devices comprise a conductive movable layer spaced apart from a conductive fixed layer by a gap, and supported by rigid support structures, or rivets, overlying depressions in the conductive movable layer, or by posts underlying depressions in the conductive movable layer. In certain embodiments, portions of the rivet structures extend through the movable layer and contact underlying layers. In other embodiments, the material used to form the rigid support structures may also be used to passivate otherwise exposed electrical leads in electrical connection with the MEMS devices, protecting the electrical leads from damage or other interference.