Abstract:
A method for producing a hermetically gastight optoelectronic or electro-optical component with great robustness to heat and moisture is described. A housing cap is connected to a carrier in a hermetically gastight manner. Orifices in the housing cap are closed in a hermetically gastight manner by a window element. An electronic component with a housing has a housing cap, a carrier as base plate of the housing, and an interior space enclosed by the housing cap and the carrier. An optoelectronic or electro-optical converter element is arranged in the interior space. The housing cap is closed in a hermetically gastight manner by the carrier through a bonding connection of fused metal. The orifice is connected to the housing cap in a hermetically gastight manner by a window element along an edge metallization of the window element by a circumferential first seam of a fused metallic material.
Abstract:
A method of assembling and hermetically sealing a package including a side wall mounted on a substrate, with the space thus defined accommodating a component that operates in a controlled atmosphere, the space being closed off by a hermetic sealing cover mounted on said side wall. This method involves depositing a metallic connector element, also referred to as a brazing preform, on the upper face of the side wall; depositing the upper cover on, and in contact with, the brazing preform; subjecting the assembly thus obtained to the desired environment in terms of the kind of gas and operating pressure of the component; increasing the temperature to a value that is at least in excess of the melting temperature of the material that constitutes the brazing preform; then lowering said temperature in order to cause solidification of said brazing material and, consequently, sealing of the cover on the side wall.
Abstract:
A method of fabricating a bolometer infrared sensor includes depositing a first sacrificial layer on a surface of a substrate over a sensor region, and forming an absorber structure for the infrared sensor on top of the first sacrificial layer. A second sacrificial layer is deposited on top of the absorber structure. An encapsulating thin film is then deposited on top of the second sacrificial layer. Vent holes are formed in the encapsulating thin film. The first and the second sacrificial layers are removed below the encapsulating thin film to release the absorber structure and form a cavity above the sensing region that extends down to the substrate in which the absorber structure is located via the vent holes. The vent holes are then closed in a vacuum environment to seal the absorber structure within the cavity.
Abstract:
A device for detecting electromagnetic radiation that comprises an active bolometer provided with a first element sensitive to said electromagnetic radiation and a reference bolometer identical to the active bolometer, provided with a second element sensitive to said electromagnetic radiation. The active bolometer and reference bolometer are arranged close to one another on the same substrate. A cover covers at least the part of the second sensitive element exposed to the electromagnetic radiation and arranges an empty space between said second sensitive element and the cover. The inner wall of the cover is constituted by an absorbent layer made from a material absorbing at least the thermal radiations emitted by the second sensitive element. A reflecting shield forms at least a part of the outer wall exposed to said electromagnetic radiation.
Abstract:
A dewar assembly is presented for use in an optical IR detection system defining a light collecting region. The dewar assembly comprises a warm shield unit configured as an enclosure for optically enclosing the light collection region and having an optical window through which incident light enters the dewar. The warm shield defines a reflective inner surface configured such that light portions of the incident light propagating through said optical window onto said inner surface are reflected by the inner surface towards regions outside said light collecting region.
Abstract:
A vacuum sealed package includes a package main body portion in which a first main body portion and a second main body portion are bonded via a hollow portion, and a getter material and an electronic device that are provided within the hollow portion, and in the state of the hollow portion being evacuated via a through-hole that brings the inside and the outside of the hollow portion into communication, the package main body portion is sealed with a sealing member, the getter material and the electronic device are connected to a first conductor pad and a second conductor pad, the first conductor pad is connected with a third conductor pad via a thermally conductive material, and the second conductor pad is electrically connected with a fourth conductor pad on a wiring substrate.
Abstract:
A pixel structure, which may be used for infrared bolometers or other microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) devices, configured to increase immunity of the pixel to molecular heat transfer and reduce the vacuum requirements for a wafer level packaged device incorporating the pixel or an array thereof. In one example, the pixel has a perforated body or discontinuous surface structure.
Abstract:
The present invention is: a package main body section having a hollow section; and an electronic device provided in the hollow section in the package main body section, in the package main body section, there being formed a through hole, through which the hollow section communicates with outside of the package main body section, and in the through hole, there being provided a sealing section in which a vicinity of the through hole is partly heated and a constituent material of the package main body section is melted to thereby block the through hole.
Abstract:
An electronic device manufacturing apparatus is disclosed. The electronic device manufacturing apparatus includes a vacuum chamber, a support part, a moving part, and a heating part. The support part is located in the vacuum chamber and has a first placement surface on which a first member is to be placed. The moving part is located in the vacuum chamber and has a second placement surface on which a second member is to be placed. The moving part is movable between a first position where the first placement surface and the second placement surface do not face each other when seen in plan view and a second position where the first placement surface and the second placement surface face each other when seen in plan view. The heating part heats the first member and the second member.
Abstract:
In a device for the detection of thermal radiation and a method for production of such a device, a stack is formed with a detector support having a detector element for converting the thermal radiation into an electric signal, a circuit support with a read-out circuit for reading out the electrical signal and a cover to shield the detector element. The detector support and the cover are so arranged that a first stack cavity is formed between the detector element and the cover and a second stack cavity is formed between detector support and the circuit support. The first stack cavity and/or the second stack cavity is evacuated and hermetically sealed. In the manufacturing operation, functionalized silicon-substrates are stacked upon one another, firmly bonded together and subsequently sub-divided. Preferably, the detector elements are pyro-electric detector elements. The device finds application in motion detectors, presence reporters and thermal-image cameras.