Abstract:
A micro-electro-mechanical device (20) formed by a body (4) of semiconductor material having a thickness and defining a mobile part (23, 24, 31) and a fixed part (3, 25, 30). The mobile part is formed by a mobile platform (23), supporting arms (31) extending from the mobile platform to the fixed part (3, 25, 30), and by mobile electrodes (24) fixed to the mobile platform. The fixed part has fixed electrodes (25) facing the mobile electrodes (24), a first biasing region (3) fixed to the fixed electrodes, a second biasing region (30) fixed to the supporting arms (31), and an insulation region (6) of insulating material extending through the entire thickness of the body (4). The insulation region (6) insulates electrically at least one between the first and the second biasing regions (3, 30) from the rest of the fixed part.
Abstract:
The process for manufacturing a through insulated interconnection is performed by forming, in a body (1) of semiconductor material, a trench (2) extending from the front (7) of the body (1) for a thickness portion thereof; filling the trench with dielectric material (6); thinning the body starting from the rear (5) until the trench (2), so as to form an insulated region (3) surrounded by dielectric material; and forming a conductive region (8, 25, 28, 30b) extending inside said insulated region (3) between the front and the rear of the body and having a higher conductivity than the first body (1). The conductive region (8, 25, 28, 30b) includes a metal region (25, 28) extending in an opening (24) formed inside the insulated region (3) or of a heavily doped semiconductor region (30b), made prior to filling of the trench.
Abstract:
On a substrate (20) of semiconductor material, a sacrificial region (21) is formed and an epitaxial layer (25) is grown; then a stress release trench (31) is formed, surrounding an area (33) of the epitaxial layer (25), where an integrated electromechanical microstructure is to be formed; the wafer (28) is then heat treated, to release residual stress. Subsequently, the stress release trench (31) is filled with a sealing region (34) of dielectric material, and integrated components are formed. Finally, inside the area surrounded by the sealing region (34), a microstructure definition trench is formed, and the sacrificial region is removed, thus obtaining an integrated microstructure with zero residual stress.