IP Library Granted Patent US 8,592,993
Granted Patent B2
US 8,592,993 · App. 13/751,014 · Granted Nov 26, 2013

Method and structure of integrated micro electro-mechanical systems and electronic devices using edge bond pads

Inventor: Xiao (Charles) Yang (Cupertino, CA)
Assignee: mCube Inc.
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Patent No.
US 8,592,993
App. No.
13/751,014
Granted
Nov 26, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A monolithic integrated electronic device includes a substrate having a surface region and one or more integrated micro electro-mechanical systems and electronic devices provided on a first region overlying the surface region. Each of the integrated micro electro-mechanical systems and electronic devices has one or more contact regions. The first region has a first surface region. One or more trench structures are disposed within one or more portions of the first region. A passivation material overlies the first region and the one or more trench structures. A conduction material overlies the passivation material, the one or more trench structures, and one or more of the contact regions. The device also has one or more edge bond pad structures within a vicinity of the one or more bond pad structures, which are formed by a singulation process within a vicinity of the one or more bond pad structures.

Claims (16)

1. A monolithic integrated electronic device, the device comprising:

a substrate having a surface region;

one or more integrated micro electromechanical systems and electronic devices provided on a first region overlying the surface region, each of the integrated micro electro-mechanical systems and electronic devices having one or more contact regions, the first region having a first surface region;

one or more trench structures within one or more portions of the first region;

a passivation material overlying the first region and the one or more trench structures, the passivation material having one or more portions removed within a vicinity of one or more of the contact regions;

a conduction material overlying the passivation material, the one or more trench structures, and one or more of the contact regions, the conduction material having one or more portions of the conduction material removed within a vicinity of one or more of the contact regions and the one or more trench structures to form one or more bond pad structures; and

one or more edge bond pad structures within a vicinity of the one or more bond pad structures, the one or more edge bond pad structures being formed by a singulation process within a vicinity of the one or more bond pad structures.

2. The device of claim 1 wherein the one or more integrated micro electro-mechanical systems and electronic devices comprise one or more devices selected from a group consisting of: CMOS integrated circuit devices, MEMS devices, and anisotropic magnetoresistance (AMR) devices.

3. The device of claim 1 wherein the one or more contact regions comprise one or more bond pads, bonding structures, or conductive regions.

4. The device of claim 1 wherein the one or more trench structures are formed from a wet etching, dry etching, or mechanical process.

5. The device of claim 1 wherein the one or more trench structures are formed from a deep reactive-ion etching (DRIE) process.

6. The device of claim 1 wherein the passivation material comprises an insulating material or dielectric material.

7. The device of claim 1 wherein the removing of one or more portions of the passivation material comprises a wet etching, dry etching, or mechanical process.

8. The device of claim 1 wherein the conduction material comprises a metal layer or metal alloy layer.

9. The device of claim 1 wherein the removing of the one or more portions of the conduction material comprises a wet etching, dry etching, or mechanical process.

10. The device of claim 1 wherein the singulating of the resulting device comprises a dicing, an etching, or a laser scribing process.

Assignments (10)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 8, 2026
From: MOVELLA INC.
To: PACIFIC RESEARCH GROUP PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 075352/0224 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 26, 2026
From: YANG, XIAO (CHARLES)
To: MCUBE INC.
Reel/Frame 073580/0470 →
NOTICE OF GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS Recorded Nov 15, 2022
From: MOVELLA INC.
To: WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, AS AGENT
Reel/Frame 061948/0764 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 15, 2022
From: EASTWARD FUND MANAGEMENT, LLC
To: MOVELLA INC.
Reel/Frame 061940/0602 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 15, 2022
From: EASTWARD FUND MANAGEMENT, LLC
To: MOVELLA INC. (FORMERLY KNOWN AS MCUBE, INC.)
Reel/Frame 061940/0635 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 14, 2022
From: SILICON VALLEY BANK
To: MOVELLA INC. (FORMERLY KNOWN AS MCUBE, INC.)
Reel/Frame 061936/0024 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 31, 2022
From: MCUBE, INC.
To: MOVELLA INC.
Reel/Frame 061602/0371 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 16, 2021
From: MOVELLA INC.
To: EASTWARD FUND MANAGEMENT, LLC
Reel/Frame 058520/0690 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Sep 2, 2020
From: MCUBE, INC.
To: EASTWARD FUND MANAGEMENT, LLC
Reel/Frame 053826/0626 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 11, 2020
From: MCUBE, INC.
To: SILICON VALLEY BANK
Reel/Frame 052909/0119 →
Continuity (3)
Division 13082384 · Apr 7, 2011
Provisional Application 61322198 · Apr 8, 2010
Related Publication 20130134599A1 · May 30, 2013