Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a MEMS device having a support structure to reduce distortion due to stress to a minimum, and a manufacturing method thereof.SOLUTION: The embodiment of a MENS device includes a movable layer supported by an upper support structure and may further include a lower support structure. In an embodiment, the residual stress in the upper support structure and the residual stress in the movable layer are substantially equal. In another embodiment, the residual stress in the upper support structure and the residual stress in the lower support structure are substantially equal. In a specific embodiment, the substantially equal residual stress is obtained through the use of a layer formed of the same material with the same thickness. In a further embodiment, the substantially equal residual stress is obtained through the use of a support structure and/or a movable layer having a mirror image from each other.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a substrate for an electron beam mask capable of improving the tolerance in manufacturing an electron beam mask. SOLUTION: The substrate for an electron beam mask is provided with a substrate of a material containing silicon for forming a support body which supports a thin film layer by a rear-surface etching, an etching stopper layer formed on the substrate, and the thin film layer of the material containing the silicon formed on the etching stopper layer. The etching stopper layer is made from, for example, a metal compound (for example, chrome nitride (CrNX)). COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Abstract:
적어도 하나의 미세전자기계시스템 (MEMS) 캐비티 (60b)를 형성하는 방법은 배선층 (14)와 기판 (10) 위에 제1 희생 캐비티 층 (18)을 형성하는 단계를 포함한다. 상기 방법은 제1 희생 캐비티 층 위에 절연물 층 (40)을 형성하는 단계를 더 포함한다. 상기 방법은 상기 절연물 층에 리버스 다마신 에치백 공정을 수행하는 단계를 더 포함한다. 상기 방법은 상기 절연물 층과 제1 희생 캐비티 층을 평탄화하는 단계를 더 포함한다. 상기 방법은 상기 MEMS의 제1 캐비티 (60b)의 평면의 표면까지 제1 희생 캐비티 층을 벤팅 또는 스트리핑하는 단계를 더 포함한다.
Abstract:
본 발명은 전자선 마스크 제작의 여유도를 현저하게 향상시킬 수 있는 전자선 마스크용 기판 등을 제공하는 것을 목적으로 한다. 이면 에칭 가공에 의해 박막층을 지지하기 위한 지지체를 형성하기 위한 실리콘을 포함하는 재료로 이루어지는 기판과, 이 기판 상에 형성된 에칭 스토퍼층과, 이 에칭 스토퍼층 상에 형성된 실리콘을 포함하는 재료로 이루어지는 박막층을 가지는 전자선 마스크용 기판으로서, 상기 에칭 스토퍼층이, 예를 들면 금속 화합물(예를 들면 질화 크롬(CrN X ) 등)인 것을 특징으로 한다.
Abstract:
The invention relates to space-saving micro- and nano-components and to methods for producing same. The components are characterized in that they do not comprise a rigid substrate having a considerable thickness. The mechanical stresses, which result in deformations and/or warpage within a component, are compensated by means of a mechanically stress-compensated design and/or by means of active mechanical stress compensation by depositing suitable stress compensation layers such that there is no need for relatively thick substrates. Thus, the overall thickness of the components is decreased and the integration options thereof in technical systems are improved. In addition, the field of application of such components is expanded.
Abstract:
A method for manufacturing a multi-layer substrate structure such as a CSOI wafer structure (cavity-SOI, silicon-on-insulator) comprising obtaining a first and second wafer, such as two silicon wafers, wherein at least one of the wafers may be optionally provided with a material layer such as an oxide layer (302, 404), forming a cavity on the bond side of the first wafer (306, 406), depositing, preferably by ALD (Atomic Layer Deposition), a material layer, such as thin alumina layer, on either wafer arranged so as to at least in places face the other wafer and cover at least portion of the cavity of the first wafer, such as bottom, wall and/or edge thereof, and enable stopping etching, such as dry etching, into the underlying material (308, 408), and bonding the wafers provided with at least the aforesaid ALD layer as an intermediate layer together to form the multi-layer semi- conductor substrate structure (310, 312).A related multi-layer substrate structure is presented.