Abstract:
A microfluidic system comprising an integrated circuit having a bonding surface bonded to a polymeric microfluidics platform. The microfluidic system comprises one or more microfluidics devices controlled by control circuitry in the integrated circuit. At least one of the microfluidic devices comprises a MEMS actuator positioned in a MEMS layer of the integrated circuit. The MEMS layer is covered with a polymeric layer which defines the bonding surface of the integrated circuit.
Abstract:
A silicon structure of the present invention is provided with a silicon substrate (1) to become a base, and a plurality of fibrous projections (2) made of silicon dioxide and directly joined to a silicon-made surface (1a) of the silicon substrate (1). By arbitrarily constructing an area where these fibrous projections (2) are formed in a predetermined area, it is possible to render the area to have at least either hydrophilicity or water retentivity, so as to provide a silicon structure useful for a variety of devices.
Abstract:
The described embodiments relate to slotted substrates (300) and methods of forming same. One exemplary method forms a first slot portion (410a) into a first surface (302) of a substrate (300), the first slot portion (410a) defining a footprint (404) at the first surface (302). The method also forms a second slot portion (410a1) through the first slot portion (410a); and, forms a third slot portion (410a2) through a second surface (303) of the substrate (300) sufficiently to intercept the second slot portion (410a1) to form a fluid-handling slot (305) through the substrate (300).
Abstract:
부수적 베일 벗김을 가진 포토레지스트 제거 방법이 제공된다. 상기 방법은 CF 4 와 같은 O 2 , NH 3 및 불소함유가스 포함하는 가스화학으로부터 형성된 플라즈마를 사용한다. 이 방법은 잉크 제트 프린트 조립 같은 MEMS 조립 공정에서 사용상 특히 적합하다.
Abstract:
Provided are an MEMS device, a head, and a liquid jet device in which substrates are inhibited from warping, so that a primary electrode and a secondary electrode can be reliably connected to each other. Included are a primary substrate 30 provided with a bump 32 including a primary electrode 34, and a secondary substrate 10 provided with a secondary electrode 91 on a bottom surface of a recessed portion 36 formed by an adhesive layer 35. The primary substrate 10 and the secondary substrate 30 are joined together with the adhesive layer 35, the primary electrode 34 is electrically connected to the secondary electrode 91 with the bump 32 inserted into the recessed portion 36, and part of the bump 32 and the adhesive layer 35 forming the recessed portion 36 overlap each other in a direction in which the bump 32 is inserted into the recessed portion 36.
Abstract:
An example provides a method including sputtering a metal catalyst onto a substrate, exposing the substrate to a solution that reacts with the metal catalyst to form a plurality of pores in the substrate, and etching the substrate to remove the plurality of pores to form a recess in the substrate.