IP Library Granted Patent US 7,994,594
Granted Patent B2
US 7,994,594 · App. 12/045,990 · Granted Aug 9, 2011

Electronic device, resonator, oscillator and method for manufacturing electronic device

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Patent No.
US 7,994,594
App. No.
12/045,990
Granted
Aug 9, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device includes a substrate, a functional structural body formed on the substrate and a covering structure for defining a cavity part having the functional structural body disposed therein, wherein the covering structure is provided with a side wall provided on the substrate and comprising an interlayer insulating layer surrounding the cavity part and a wiring layer; a first covering layer covering an upper portion of the cavity part and having an opening penetrating through the cavity part and composed of a laminated structure including a corrosion-resistant layer; and a second covering layer for closing the opening.

Claims (34)

1. An electronic device comprising a substrate, a functional structural body formed on the substrate and a covering structure for defining a cavity part having the functional structural body disposed therein, wherein

the covering structure is provided with a side wall provided on the substrate and comprising an interlayer insulating layer surrounding the cavity part and a wiring layer; a first covering layer covering an upper portion of the cavity part and having an opening penetrating through the cavity part and composed of a laminated structure including a corrosion-resistant layer; and a second covering layer for closing the opening.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the corrosion-resistant layer is configured by a part of the first covering layer in a thickness direction thereof.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the corrosion-resistant layer is composed of TiN, Ti, W, Au, Pt or an alloy thereof.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the corrosion-resistant layer is configured of a layer provided in the uppermost layer of the first covering layer.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the corrosion-resistant layer is configured of a layer provided in the lowermost layer of the first covering layer.

6. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the corrosion-resistant layer is configured of layers provided in the uppermost layer and lowermost layer of the first covering layer.

7. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the first covering layer is of a laminated structure in which a Ti layer, a TiN layer, an Al—Cu layer and a TiN layer are laminated in this order from the surface facing at the cavity part.

8. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the first covering layer is of a laminated structure in which a TiN layer, an Al—Cu layer, a Ti layer and a TiN layer are laminated in this order from the surface facing at the cavity part.

9. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the first covering layer is of a laminated structure in which a Ti layer, a TiN layer, an Al—Cu layer, a Ti layer and a TiN layer are laminated in this order from the surface facing at the cavity part.

10. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the first covering layer is of a laminated structure in which a Ti layer, an Al—Cu layer and a TiN layer are laminated in this order from the surface facing at the cavity part.

11. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the first covering layer is of a laminated structure in which a TiN layer, an Al—Cu layer and a TiN layer are laminated in this order from the surface facing at the cavity part.

12. An electronic device comprising a substrate having a functional structural body provided in the inside of a cavity part and a CMOS circuit part placed side by side on the substrate, wherein

a covering structure for defining the cavity part is provided with a side wall comprising an interlayer insulating layer surrounding the cavity part and a wiring layer and a first covering layer covering an upper portion of the cavity part and having an opening penetrating through the cavity part and composed of a laminated structure including a corrosion-resistant layer; and

at least one of the interlayer insulating layer and the wiring layer is a part of an interlayer insulating layer or a wiring layer of the CMOS circuit part.

13. A resonator comprising a substrate, a functional structural body formed on the substrate and a covering structure for defining a cavity part having the functional structural body disposed therein, wherein

the covering structure is provided with a side wall provided on the substrate and comprising an interlayer insulating layer surrounding the cavity part and a wiring layer; a first covering layer covering an upper portion of the cavity part and having an opening penetrating through the cavity part and composed of a laminated structure including a corrosion-resistant layer; and a second covering layer for closing the opening.

14. An oscillator comprising a substrate having a functional structural body provided in the inside of a cavity part and an oscillation circuit-containing CMOS circuit part placed side by side on the substrate, wherein

a covering structure for defining the cavity part is provided with a side wall comprising an interlayer insulating layer surrounding the cavity part and a wiring layer and a first covering layer covering an upper portion of the cavity part and having an opening penetrating through the cavity part and composed of a laminated structure including a corrosion-resistant layer; and

at least one of the interlayer insulating layer and the wiring layer is a part of an interlayer insulating layer or a wiring layer of the CMOS circuit part.

15. A method for manufacturing an electronic device including a substrate, a functional structural body formed on the substrate and a covering structure for defining a cavity part having the functional structural body disposed therein, comprising

a functional structural forming process of forming the functional structural body together with a sacrifice layer on the substrate;

an interlayer insulating layer forming process of forming an interlayer insulating layer in the periphery including an upper part of the functional structural body;

a first covering layer forming process of forming a first covering layer composed of a laminated structure including a corrosion-resistant layer on the interlayer insulating layer and having an opening;

a release process of removing the interlayer insulating layer and the sacrifice layer on the functional structural body through the opening; and

a second covering layer forming process of forming a second covering layer for closing the opening.

16. A method for manufacturing an electronic device including a substrate having a functional structural body provided in the inside of a cavity part and a CMOS circuit part placed side by side on the substrates comprising

forming the functional structural body together with a sacrifice layer on the substrate;

forming a CMOS transistor;

forming an interlayer insulating layer in the periphery including an upper part of the functional structural body and an upper part of the CMOS transistor;

forming a first covering layer for covering the cavity part and having an opening, a wiring layer connected to the functional structural body and a wiring layer connected to the CMOS transistor in an upper part of the interlayer insulating layer;

forming a passivation membrane in the periphery including the first covering layers the wiring layer connected to the functional structural body and the wiring layer connected to the CMOS transistor;

removing the interlayer insulating layer and the sacrifice layer on the functional structural body through the opening; and

forming a second covering layer for closing the opening.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 2, 2022
From: SEIKO EPSON CORP.
To: COLUMBIA PEAK VENTURES, LLC
Reel/Frame 058952/0475 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 11, 2008
From: INABA, SHOGO; SATO, AKIRA
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 020636/0242 →