Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a semiconductor device manufacturing method which can manufacture in a simpler process a semiconductor device capable of inhibiting unevenness and cracks after grinding caused by presence of existence and non-existence of a cavity and contributing to downsizing of devices and electronic equipment on which the devices are mounted.SOLUTION: A semiconductor device manufacturing method comprises in order: a bonding step of bonding a first substrate having light permeability with a second substrate provided with a functional element on one face such that the functional element faces the first substrate; a thinning process of thinning at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate; and a through hole forming step of forming a cavity and a through hole communicating with the cavity on at least a part of a bonded part of the first substrate and the second substrate.
Abstract:
One embodiment of the present invention provides a process that uses selective etching to form a structure on a silicon substrate. The process starts by receiving the silicon substrate with a first layer composed of a first material, which includes voids created by a first etching operation. The process then forms a second layer composed of a second material over the first layer, so that the second layer fills in portions of voids in the first layer created by the first etching operation. Next, the process performs a chemo-mechanical polishing operation on the second layer down to the first layer so that only remaining portions of the second layer, within the voids created by the first etching operation, remain. The system then forms a third layer composed of a third material over the first layer and the remaining portions of the second layer, and performs a second etching operation using a selective etchant to remove the remaining portions of the second layer, thereby creating voids between the first layer and the third layer.
Abstract:
One embodiment of the present invention provides a process that uses selective etching to form a structure on a silicon substrate. The process starts by receiving the silicon substrate with a first layer composed of a first material, which includes voids created by a first etching operation. The process then forms a second layer composed of a second material over the first layer, so that the second layer fills in portions of voids in the first layer created by the first etching operation. Next, the process performs a chemo-mechanical polishing operation on the second layer down to the first layer so that only remaining portions of the second layer, within the voids created by the first etching operation, remain. The system then forms a third layer composed of a third material over the first layer and the remaining portions of the second layer, and performs a second etching operation using a selective etchant to remove the remaining portions of the second layer, thereby creating voids between the first layer and the third layer.
Abstract:
An improved method of manufacturing MEMS devices having relatively large components, such as large diameter micro mirrors, which require to be tilted at an angle to the wafer substrate, or displaced generally vertically, is described. In the described embodiment an SOI wafer having a sacrificial oxide layer at least 20 μm thick is formed. This provides sufficient space between the wafer substrate and a component formed in the upper silicon layer to allow a relatively large component to be tilted or displaced by a desired amount relative to the wafer substrate, The SOI wafer may be formed by bonding two separate SOI wafers together, A MEM device formed according to the method is also claimed.
Abstract:
One example discloses a chip, comprising: a substrate (102, 202, 302, 602, 802); a first side of a passivation layer (206, 604, 804) coupled to the substrate (102, 202, 302, 602, 802); a device, having a device height and a cavity, wherein a first device surface is coupled to a second side of the passivation layer (206, 604, 804) which is opposite to the first side of the passivation layer (206, 604, 804); and a set of structures (108, 110, 214, 306, 410, 502, 504, 612, 614, 702, 812) coupled to the second side of the passivation layer (206, 604, 804) and configured to have a structure height greater than or equal to the device height.
Abstract:
The present invention generally relates to a MEMS device and a method of manufacture thereof. The RF electrode, and hence, the dielectric layer thereover, has a curved upper surface that substantially matches the contact area of the bottom surface of the movable plate. As such, the movable plate is able to have good contact with the dielectric layer and thus, good capacitance is achieved.
Abstract:
A method of shaping a substrate in one embodiment includes providing a first support layer, providing a first shaping pattern on the first support layer, providing a substrate on the first shaping pattern, performing a first chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) process on the substrate positioned on the first shaping pattern, and removing the once polished substrate from the first shaping pattern.
Abstract:
A process for filling one or more etched holes defined in a frontside surface of a wafer substrate. The process includes the steps of: (i) depositing a layer of a thermoplastic first polymer onto the frontside surface and into each hole; (ii) reflowing the first polymer; (iii) exposing the wafer substrate to a controlled oxidative plasma; (iv) optionally repeating steps (i) to (iii); (v) depositing a layer of a photoimageable second polymer; (vi) selectively removing the second polymer from regions outside a periphery of the holes using exposure and development; and (vii) planarizing the frontside surface to provide holes filled with a plug comprising the first and second polymers, which are different than each other. Each plug has a respective upper surface coplanar with the frontside surface.