Abstract:
A manufacturing method for a porous microneedle array includes: forming a plurality of porous microneedle arrays, each having at least one microneedle and a porous carrier zone lying beneath it on the face of a semiconductor substrate; forming an interlayer between a non-porous residual layer of the semiconductor substrate located on the back side of the semiconductor substrate and the carrier zone, which has greater porosity than the carrier zone; detaching the residual layer from the carrier zone by breaking up the interlayer; and separating the microneedle arrays into corresponding chips.
Abstract:
A simple and cost-effective possibility is proposed for producing optically transparent regions (5, 6) in a silicon substrate (1), by the use of which both optically transparent regions of any thickness and optically transparent regions over a cavity in a silicon substrate are able to be implemented.For this purpose, first at least a specified region (5, 6) of the silicon substrate (1) is etched porous. Thereafter, the specified porous region (5, 6) of the silicon substrate (1) is oxidized.
Abstract:
After an Si wafer is anisotropically etched through an etching mask having an opening in an anisotropically etching solution, an etching face of the Si wafer emerged by the anisotropic etching is subjected to anodic oxidation by applying a positive voltage for anodic oxidation on the Si wafer. As a result, the etching face of the Si wafer is isotropically etched due to the anodic oxidation in the anisotropic etching solution. By the isotropic etching thus performed, a sharp corner formed at an end portion of a recess portion formed in the Si wafer by the anisotropic etching, is rounded. Because the isotropic etching reaction progresses very slowly in comparison with the anisotropic etching, control of the etching can be made easy and accurately. As a result, the thickness of the diaphragm can be prevented from being dispersed.
Abstract:
A method for manufacturing a minute silicon mechanical device, which includes the steps of forming a diffusion region by doping a predetermined portion of a silicon substrate with an impurity of high density; forming an epitaxial layer over the silicon substrate including the diffusion region and forming an oxide layer over the epitaxial layer; forming an ohmic contact layer at the lower surface of the silicon substrate; patterning the oxide layer to have a striped configuration at that portion of the oxide layer corresponding to the predetermined portion of the diffusion region, thus exposing a predetermined portion of the epitaxial layer; forming a plurality of beams having a striped configuration by etching the exposed portion of the epitaxial layer, using the oxide layer as a mask and then removing the oxide layer; and removing the diffusion region below the plurality of beams.
Abstract:
A new oxalic acid based anodization process for long-range ordered alumina membranes has been developed, which can readily be implemented in nanotechnology as well as in industry. The process is a new generation of the so-called "hard anodization (HA)" that has widely been employed in industry for high-speed fabrication of mechanically robust, very thick (> 100 µm) and low-porosity anodic alumina films since the 1960s. It offers big advantages over conventional anodization processes for nanoporous alumina membranes in terms of processing time, enabling 2500-3500% faster oxide growth with improved ordering of the nanopores. Perfectly ordered anodic alumina membranes on a cm 2 -scale with a high aspect ratio (> 1000) of uniform nanopores with periodically modulated diameters have been realized by this new anodization process.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a micromechanical component comprising: a substrate (1); a monocrystalline layer (10), which is provided above the substrate (1) and which has a membrane region (10a); a cavity (50) that is provided underneath the membrane region (10a), and; one or more porous regions (150; 150'), which are provided inside the monocrystalline layer (10) and which have a doping (n ; p ) that is higher than that of the surrounding layer (10).
Abstract translation:本发明提供了一种具有衬底(1)的微机械部件; 一个所提供的单晶层(10),其具有隔膜部(10A)在所述衬底(1)的上方; 一个设置在所述空腔的膜区域(10a)的下面(50); 和一个或多个单晶层(10)的内部设置的多孔区域(150; 150“),其具有相对于增加的掺杂的周边层(10)(N <+>; P <+>)。
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for selective etching of SiC, the etching being carried out by applying a positive potential to a layer (3; 8) of p-type SiC being in contact with an etching solution containing fluorine ions and having an oxidising effect on SiC. The invention also relates to a method for producing a SiC micro structure having free hanging parts (i.e. diaphragm, cantilever or beam) on a SiC-substrate, a method for producing a MEMS device of SiC having a free hanging structure, and a method for producing a piezo-resistive pressure sensor comprising the step of applying a positive potential to a layer (8) of p-type SiC being in contact with an etching solution containing fluorine ions and having an oxidising effect on SiC.
Abstract:
The invention concerns a method for making a suspended microstructure comprising the following steps: forming a masking layer on a substrate top surface; structuring the masking layer to form at least an opening substantially defining the surface of said microstructure and for exposing part of the substrate corresponding to said surface; causing by electrochemical process said exposed semiconductor material to become porous over a predetermined thickness; electropolishing the semiconductor material underlying said microstructure made porous to form a cavity enclosing at least partially said microstructure beneath the masking layer level; and releasing said microstructure made porous to form a microstructure suspended to said substrate by at least a connection portion of its perimeter to provide said microstructure with mobility outside the substrate plane.
Abstract:
The invention presents a method for producing micro- or nano-structures of an anodized valve metal on a substrate. The method allows for accurate production of the structures, involves a small number of steps and is highly repeatable.
Abstract:
Es wird eine einfache und kostengünstige Möglichkeit zur Erzeugung optisch transparenter Bereiche (5, 6) in einem Siliziumsubstrat (1) vorgeschlagen, mit dem sich sowohl optisch transparente Bereiche beliebiger Dicke als auch optisch transparente Bereiche über einem Hohlraum im Siliziumsubstrat realisieren lassen. Dazu wird zunächst mindestens ein definierter Bereich (5, 6) des Siliziumsubstrats (1) porös geätzt. Danach wird der definierte poröse Bereich (5, 6) des Siliziumsubstrats (1) oxidiert.