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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enhance the sensitivity of a sensor furthermore by providing a weighted region containing tungsten in a movable mass. SOLUTION: A sacrifice region whose both sides and lower side are surrounded by a buried conductive region 3 is etched and removed, and an air gap 38 is formed in a semiconductor substrate 1. In its bottom part, a movable mass 40 is separated from the other parts of the substrate 1, and supported only by a fixed zone 42. This movable mass 40 is H-shaped, and a cross wall partitioning a movable electrode is inserted like a comb into the cross wall of a stationary mass 41 partitioning a stationary electrode. Since the movable and stationary electrodes are polarized through a contact region and buried conductive regions, the change of the distance between the movable electrode and the stationary electrode to be produced when the movable mass 40 is accelerated, is detected as a capacity change. Since tungsten is deposited on the movable mass 40 in a manufacturing stage to a thickness of about 1 μm for example, to form a tungsten weighted region 26C, the sensitivity of detection of the sensor increases furthermore.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for manufacturing an microminiature integrated structural body capable of removing or reducing residual stress considerably. SOLUTION: A sacrifice region 21 is formed on a substrate 20 of a semiconductor material, an epitaxial layer 25 grows, then a stress release groove 31 is formed by surrounding a region 33 of the epitaxial layer 25 in which an electromechanical microminiature integrated structural body is formed, and then a wafer 28 is heat-treated to release residual stress. In succession, a seal region of a dielectric material is filled in the stress release groove 31 to form an integrated microminiature constituting element. Finally, a groove defining the ultra-micro structural body is formed on an inner side of a region surrounded by the seal region, then the sacrifice region is removed, and the microminiature integrated structual body without residual stress is formed.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize a vibration type integrated angular velocity sensor having high level performance and reliability at a low cost and its manufacturing method. SOLUTION: This angular velocity sensor device comprises a pair of mobile masses 2a, 2b which are formed in the epitaxial layer and are anchored to one another and to remainder of the device by anchorage elements. The mobile masses 2a, 2b are symmetrical with one another, and have mobile excitation electrodes 6a which are intercalated with respective fixed excitation electrodes 7a1 , 7a2 and mobile detection electrodes 6b which are intercalated with fixed detection electrodes 7b1 , 7b2 . The mobile and fixed excitation electrodes extend in a first direction, and the mobile and fixed detection electrodes extend in a second direction which is perpendicular to the first direction and is disposed on a single plane parallel to the surface of the device.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a manufacturing method of an SOI wafer that can be supplied at low cost. SOLUTION: This manufacturing method of an SOI wafer consists of a process to form a reversed U-shape protection regions 30 made of oxidation resistant material covering first wafer portions 18 on a single crystal semiconductor wafer 1, a process to form deep trenches 16 that extend between the above first wafer portions 18 and demarcate side portions of the first wafer portions 18, a process to completely oxidize the first wafer portions 18 excluding the upper portions 21 covered by the protection regions, a process to form at least one continuous region 22 of a covered oxide that is overlaid with the above unoxidized upper portions 21, and a process to epitaxially grow a crystal semiconductor material layer from the above unoxidized upper portions 21.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a high-sensitivity integrated sensor which is manufactured by the surface micromachining technique, and a manufacture thereof. SOLUTION: This manufacturing method comprises the steps of forming a silicon oxide sacrificial layer 21, polycrystalline Si layer 24, W layer 26 and Si carbide layer 28 on a single-crystal S main body 1, selectively removing the Si carbide layer 28, W layer 26 and Si layer 24 to form an outline of a suspension structure 40, forming Si carbide spacers 30' covering the exposed ends of the W layer 26, and removing the sacrificial layer 21.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for manufacturing integrated structures which can completely eliminate sacrificial regions, when a very strongly attacking solution is needed for long time and/or high concentration. SOLUTION: For integrated structures of a semiconductor material, a sacrificial region 6 of silicon oxide is formed on a substrate 1 of the semiconductor material, a pseudo-epitaxial layer 8 is grown, electric circuits 10, 11 are formed, a silicon carbide layer 21 is deposited, it is photolithographycally defined so as to form an etching mask 23 which contains a fine constitution of microstructures 27 to be formed, trenches 25 are formed as far up to the sacrificial region 6 in the pseudo-epitaxial layer 8 by the use of the etching mask 23, so as to form a lateral contour of the microstructures, and the sacrificial region 6 is eliminated through the trenches 25.
Abstract:
A process for the fabrication of an integrated device in a semiconductor chip envisages: forming a semiconductor layer (5') partially suspended above a semiconductor substrate (2) and constrained to the substrate (2) by temporary anchorages (10, 15'); dividing the layer (5') into a plurality of portions (13) laterally separated from one another; and removing the temporary anchorages (10, 15'; 38), in order to free the portions (13).
Abstract:
To increase the sensitivity of the sensor the suspended structure (40) forming the seismic mass has a tungsten core (26) which has high density. To manufacture it, a sacrificial layer (21) of silicon oxide, a polycrystal silicon layer (24), a tungsten layer (26) and a silicon carbide layer (28) are deposited in succession over a single crystal silicon body (1); the suspended structure (40) is defined by selectively removing the silicon carbide (28), tungsten (26) and polycrystal silicon (24) layers; spacers (30') of silicon carbide are formed which cover the uncovered ends of the tungsten layer (26); and the sacrificial layer (21) is then removed.