Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for forming Si grass structure comprising: forming a silicon well (100); and etching the silicon well to form silicon grass structure (200); characterized in that the step of forming silicon well (100) is conducted using a standard deep reactive ion etching Bosch process using photoresist as the masking material. The present invention provides more surface area of the sensing membrane thus increasing the performance of a sensor.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a sensor for determining humidity. A humidity sensor (30) comprises of a substrate (32); a bottom membrane (34) positioned above the substrate (32) and a top membrane (36) positioned above the bottom membrane (34) forming a dielectric layer (38); and a plurality of inter-digitated electrodes (40) with changing capacitance in accordance to change in humidity detected by the dielectric layer (38) embedded to the top membrane (36) wherein a plurality of trenches (42) are embedded to the bottom membrane (34) or to the substrate (32) thereby increasing area of exposure to humidity. The present invention also relates to a method for fabricating a humidity sensor.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method of transferring a silicon based layer 101 a onto a polymer film 103 that comprises the steps of: preparing an initial substrate 105a; depositing a silicon-based layer 101 a on the initial substrate 105a; etching the silicon-based layer to form desired micro-nano structure; depositing a TiN layer 111 by RF sputtering; depositing a tungsten layer 109; etching back the tungsten layer 109 to form a planarised surface exposing the TiN layer 111 on the top of the silicon-based layer; removing the exposed portions of TiN 111 off the silicon-based layer 101a, thus forming a planarised surface comprising the silicon-based layer 101a with at least one tungsten plug 109 formed therein; coating a polymer film 103 onto the planarised surface; releasing the initial substrate 105a from the other layers; and removing the at least one tungsten plug 109 and TiN layer 111.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for eliminating aluminium surface defectson large exposed metalcomprising: conducting a post pad etching treatment (100) on the metal; cold-rinsing the metal (200); and drying the metal (300) using nitrogen;characterized in that the steps of conducting a post pad etching treatment (100) on the metal, cold-rinsing the metal (200); and drying the metal (300) using nitrogen involve chemical-free solvent. The present invention is advantageous as it is effective in eliminating the white haze effect. The advantage of use of de-ionized (DI) water only cleaning method is that it is more environment-friendly.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for releasing a MEMS device which provides a complete dry release method to prevent stiction or adhesion problem during the MEMS device release process. Adopting an all-dry processing avoids the need to perform rinsing and drying process steps during fabrication. The release process is divided into two parts i.e. the backside release (200) and the front side release process (300).