Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a diaphragm utilizing a precision grinding technique after etching a cavity in a wafer. A technique for preventing distortion of the diaphragm based on use of a sacrificial layer of porous silicon is disclosed.
Abstract:
A surface type acceleration sensor includes a p-type single crystal silicon base plate, a cantilever functioning as a cantilever structure portion, and a plurality of strain gauges. The cantilever is disposed in a recess portion formed on the front face of the p-type single crystal silicon base plate so that the cantilever can be displaced in the upward and downward direction. The cantilever includes an epitaxial growth layer principally made of n-type single crystal silicon. The strain gauge is made of p-type silicon and formed on an upper face of the base end portion of the cantilever.
Abstract:
A process for forming holes with precisely controlled dimension and position in monocrystalline silicon wafers wherein the holes are fabricated with vertical sides. In the preferred process, both sides of the silicon body are masked, opposite registered openings made in the masking layers, an impurity introduced through the openings into the body forming low resistivity regions, the body anodically etched through the openings until a porous silicon region is formed completely through the body, and subsequently removing the resultant porous silicon region with a silicon etchant.
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.
Abstract:
A microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device includes a high density getter. The high density getter includes a silicon surface area formed by porosification or by the formation of trenches within a sealed cavity of the device. The silicon surface area includes a deposition of titanium or other gettering material to reduce the amount of gas present in the sealed chamber such that a low pressure chamber is formed. The high density getter is used in bolometers and gyroscopes but is not limited to those devices.
Abstract:
Etching islands are formed on a first face of a substrate and a second face of the substrate non-parallel to the first face. The first face and the second face of the substrate are concurrently exposed to a solution that reacts with the etching islands to concurrently form porous regions extending into the first face and the second face.
Abstract:
A bonded device having at least one porosified surface is disclosed. The porosification process introduces nanoporous holes into the microstructure of the bonding surfaces of the devices. The material property of a porosified material is softer as compared to a non-porosified material. For the same bonding conditions, the use of the porosified bonding surfaces enhances the bond strength of the bonded interface as compared to the non-porosified material.
Abstract:
A vacuum-cavity-insulated flow sensor and related fabrication method are described. The sensor comprises a porous silicon wall with numerous vacuum-pores which is created in a silicon substrate, a porous silicon membrane with numerous vacuum-pores which is surrounded and supported by the porous silicon wall, and a cavity with a vacuum-space which is disposed beneath the porous silicon membrane and surrounded by the porous silicon wall. The fabrication method includes porous silicon formation and silicon polishing in HF solution.
Abstract:
A bonded device having at least one porosified surface is disclosed. The porosification process introduces nanoporous holes into the microstructure of the bonding surfaces of the devices. The material property of a porosified material is softer as compared to a non-porosified material. For the same bonding conditions, the use of the porosified bonding surfaces enhances the bond strength of the bonded interface as compared to the non-porosified material.
Abstract:
A method for manufacturing a micromechanical component and the micromechanical component produced thereby. This component is preferably a diaphragm or a diaphragm layer which is independently produced for the purpose of subsequent assembly with other components.