Abstract:
The method involves providing a substrate (53) made of micro-machinable material and etching, with help of photolithography the pattern that includes the section (51) through the entire substrate. The clip is assembled on the section so that the section ready to be mounted without the portion made of micro-machinable material having to be touched. The releasing the part from the substrate so as to mount the section in a device.
Abstract:
The process for manufacturing a micromechanical component made of silicon/metal composite, comprises selectively carving a cavity in an upper layer (5) of a substrate (3) to define a pattern of a silicon part (53) of the component, carving a cavity in an intermediate layer (9) of the substrate, growing a metallic layer from a portion of the cavities (37, 45) to form a metal part along the thickness of the component, and removing the silicon/metal composite micromechanical component from the substrate. The intermediate layer extends between the upper layer and a lower silicon layer (7). The process for manufacturing a micromechanical component made of silicon/metal composite, comprises selectively carving a cavity in an upper layer (5) of a substrate (3) to define a pattern of a silicon part (53) of the component, carving a cavity in an intermediate layer (9) of the substrate, growing a metallic layer from a portion of the cavities (37, 45) to form a metal part along the thickness of the component, and removing the silicon/metal composite micromechanical component from the substrate. The intermediate layer extends between the upper layer and a lower silicon layer (7) of the substrate. The metallic layer is developed by covering the top of the substrate by a photosensitive resin, selectively carrying out a photolithography process on the photosensitive resin according to the predetermined pattern of the metal part, placing a metallic layer in an upper conductive surface of the lower silicon layer by electroplating process, and removing the photostructured resin from the substrate. The upper surface of the lower layer is made conductive by doping the bottom layer and/or by placing a conductive layer on the upper surface. The photostructured resin makes protrusion in the upper layer of the substrate to continue the growth of a layer by electroplating and to prepare a second metal part of the micromechanical component above the silicon part. The upper side of the substrate is made to a level of the metal layer at a height same as the upper end of the photostructured resin, after forming the metal layer. A cavity is carved in the lower layer of the substrate to form a second silicon part of the micromechanical component according to a predetermined form and thickness, before removing the silicon/metal composite micromechanical component from the substrate. An independent claim is included for a micromechanical component made of silicon/metal composite.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a composite micromechanical component whose part requiring tribological property is coated with a better tribological material than a micromachinable substrate material, and a method for manufacturing the composite micromechanical component. SOLUTION: The method for manufacturing the composite micromechanical component 41 includes (a) preparing an SOI (silicon on insulator) substrate, (b) etching at least one pattern that penetrates as far as an intermediate layer 22 of the SOI substrate to form at least one cavity in the substrate, (c) coating the outer peripheral part with silicon dioxide having tribological property, and further etching it to form a vertical wall 52 which is the part requiring tribological property, and (d) forming a second level 45 having a level difference in a region that includes the cavity by electroforming. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for easily manufacturing a high quality micro-mechanical part applicable to almost all mechanical clock parts in the clock manufacturing field. SOLUTION: The invention relates to a method of manufacturing (1) the mechanical part (51) including the following steps: (a) providing (3) a substrate (53) made of micro-machinable material; and (b) etching (5), with help of photolithography, a pattern (50) that includes the mechanical part (51) through the entire substrate. The method further includes the following steps: (c) mounting (7) the etched substrate on a support (55') so as to leave the top and bottom surfaces of the substrate accessible; (d) depositing (9, C') a coating of better tribological quality than the micro-machinable material on the outer surface of the part; and (e) releasing (11) the part from the substrate. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT