IP Library Granted Patent US 9,975,766
Granted Patent B2
US 9,975,766 · App. 15/312,146 · Granted May 22, 2018

MEMS-based method for manufacturing sensor

Inventors: Yonggang Hu (Wuxi New District, CN); Guoping Zhou (Wuxi New District, CN)
Assignee: CSMC TECHNOLOGIES FABI CO., LTD.
B81C1/00619B81C1/00B81C2201/0133B81C2201/0142
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Patent No.
US 9,975,766
App. No.
15/312,146
Granted
May 22, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

An MEMS-based method for manufacturing a sensor comprises the steps of: forming a shallow channel ( 120 ) and a support beam ( 140 ) on a front surface of a substrate ( 100 ); forming a first epitaxial layer ( 200 ) on the front surface of the substrate ( 100 ) to seal the shallow channel ( 120 ); forming a suspended mesh structure ( 160 ) below the first epitaxial layer ( 200 ); and forming a deep channel ( 180 ) at a position on a back surface of the substrate ( 100 ) corresponding to the shallow channel ( 120 ), so that the shallow channel ( 120 ) is in communication with the deep channel ( 180 ). In the Method of manufacturing a MEMS-based sensor, when a shallow channel is formed on a front surface, a support beam of a mass block is formed, so the etching of a channel is easier to control, the process is more precise, and the uniformity and the homogeneity of the formed support beam are better.

Claims (18)

1. A method of manufacturing a MEMS-based sensor, comprising the following steps:

providing a substrate;

forming a shallow channel and a support beam on a front surface of the substrate;

forming a first epitaxial layer on the front surface of the substrate to seal the shallow channel;

forming a suspended meshed structure beneath the first epitaxial layer;

forming a second epitaxial layer on the first epitaxial layer;

forming a circuit layer on the second epitaxial layer;

forming a deep channel on a position of a back surface of the substrate corresponding to the shallow channel, such that the shallow channel is in communication with the deep channel; and

removing the support beam.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the shallow channel and the support beam are formed on the front surface of the substrate by etching technology.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the shallow channel has a depth ranging from 50 μm to 100 μm.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first epitaxial layer has a thickness ranging from 5 μm to 10 μm.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second epitaxial layer has a thickness ranging from 12 μm to 20 μm.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein technologies for forming a circuit layer on the second epitaxial layer comprise photolithography, implantation, diffusion, and etching.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the deep channel is formed on the position of the back surface of the substrate corresponding to the shallow channel by etching technology.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the deep channel has a depth ranging from 300 μm to 400 μm.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the support beam is removed by performing an etching technology to support beam from the back surface of the substrate.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a number of the support beams is four.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Apr 29, 2019
From: CSMC TECHNOLOGIES FAB1 CO., LTD.
To: CSMC TECHNOLOGIES FAB2 CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 049023/0731 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 17, 2016
From: HU, YONGGANG; ZHOU, GUOPING
To: CSMC TECHNOLOGIES FAB1 CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 040363/0599 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2014 1 0231976 · May 28, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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