Abstract:
Method for coating micromechanical components of a micromechanical system, in particular a watch movement, comprising: providing a substrate component to be coated; providing said component with a diamond coating; wherein said diamond coating conductivity is increased in order to reduce dust attraction by the coated component when used in said micromechanical system. Corresponding micromechanical components and systems are also provided.
Abstract:
The present invention describes a deposition method suitable for depositing a coating on a device. The method is particularly suited for depositing a self assembled monolayer (SAM) coating on a micro electro-mechanical structures (MEMS). The method employs carrier gases in order to form a deposition vapour in a process chamber within which the device is located wherein the deposition vapour comprises controlled amounts of a vapour precursor material and a vapour reactant material. Employing the described technique avoids the problematic effects of particulate contamination of the device even when the volumetric ratio of the reactant material to the precursor material is significantly higher than those ratios previously employed in the art. The vapour precursor material can be of a type that provides the MEMS with an anti-stiction coating with the associated vapour reactant material comprising water.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for depositing a nonstick coating onto the surface of micromechanical structures (5a; 7a) on a substrate (Sub), whereby the material or precursor material to be deposited is supplied to the structures (5a; 7a) in a solvent and transport medium. The solvent and transport medium used is a supercritical CO2 fluid. Deposition of the material or precursor material is brought about by a physical change of state of the CO2 fluid or by a surface reaction between the surface and the precursor material. The inventive method allows to coat the micromechanical structures (5a; 7a) in a cavern (14) or in a cavity after their encapsulation, whereby the material to be deposited is supplied via access channels (15) or perforation holes.
Abstract:
An anti stiction structure for cantilever formation technique. In one embodiment, the cantilever (130) includes downwardly extending plurality of legs (131 and 132) which preventing the substrate (100) from sticking to the cantilever. In another embodiment, the polymer cantilever (215) is prevented from sticking to the substrate (200) by at amortized stick layer (205) on the substrate and during the formation of the cantilever, the stick layer is removed later as a sacrificial layer.