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US 12,398,031 · App. 18/646,280 · Granted Aug 26, 2025

Micro-device structures with etch holes

Inventors: António José Marques Trindade (Cork, IE); Pierluigi Rubino (Cork, IE)
Assignee: X-Celeprint Limited
B81B1/004H10N30/306B81B2201/058B81B2203/0118B81B2203/0307B81B2203/0353
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Patent No.
US 12,398,031
App. No.
18/646,280
Granted
Aug 26, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A micro-device structure comprises a source substrate having a sacrificial layer comprising a sacrificial portion adjacent to an anchor portion, a micro-device disposed completely over the sacrificial portion, the micro-device having a top side opposite the sacrificial portion and a bottom side adjacent to the sacrificial portion and comprising an etch hole that extends through the micro-device from the top side to the bottom side, and a tether that physically connects the micro-device to the anchor portion. A micro-device structure comprises a micro-device disposed on a target substrate. Micro-devices can be any one or more of an antenna, a micro-heater, a power device, a MEMs device, and a micro-fluidic reservoir.

Claims (32)

1. A micro-device structure, comprising:

a micro-device having a top side and a bottom side and comprising one or more etch holes, wherein each of the one or more etch holes is an etch hole that extends entirely through an interior portion of the micro-device substrate from the top side to the bottom side;

one or more anchors; and

wherein any straight line parallel to an edge side of the micro-device drawn from a concave corner on a first edge side of the micro-device to a second edge side of the micro-device opposite the first edge side contacts at least one of the one or more etch holes.

2. The micro-device structure of claim 1 , wherein the concave corner is defined by the micro-device.

3. The micro-device structure of claim 1 , comprising one or more tethers extending from the micro-device, wherein the concave corner is defined by the micro-device and/or the one or more tethers.

4. A micro-device structure, comprising:

a micro-device having a top side and a bottom side and comprising two or more concave corners and one or more etch holes, wherein each of the one or more etch holes is an etch hole that extends entirely through an interior portion of the micro-device substrate from the top side to the bottom side;

one or more anchors; and

one or more tethers physically connecting the micro-device to the one or more anchors,

wherein any orthogonal line segment angle drawn from a first concave corner defined by the micro-device and/or the one or more tethers and disposed on a first edge side of the micro-device to a second concave corner defined by the micro-device and/or the one or more tethers and disposed on a second edge side of the micro-device adjacent to the first edge side contacts at least one of the one or more etch holes.

5. A micro-device having a top side and a bottom side and comprising one or more etch holes,

wherein each of the one or more etch holes is an etch hole that extends entirely through an interior portion of the micro-device substrate from the top side to the bottom side,

wherein the one or more etch holes comprise a first etch hole extending into the micro-device from a first edge side, a second etch hole extending into the micro-device from a second edge side that is opposite the first edge side, and a third etch hole extending into the micro-device from a third edge side different from the first edge side and from the second edge side, wherein the third etch hole comprises a first portion that intersects the third edge side and a second portion that intersects an end of the first portion at a point other than an end of the second portion.

6. The micro-device of claim 5 , wherein the first portion bisects the second portion.

7. The micro-device of claim 5 , wherein the first etch hole and the second etch hole are parallel.

8. The micro-device of claim 5 , wherein the first etch hole and the second etch hole are collinear.

9. The micro-device of claim 5 , wherein the first portion extends into the micro-device past the first etch hole and the second etch hole.

10. A micro-device having a top side and a bottom side and comprising one or more etch holes,

wherein each of the one or more etch holes is an etch hole that extends entirely through an interior portion of the micro-device substrate from the top side to the bottom side, and

wherein the one or more etch holes comprise a plurality of etch holes disposed in a symmetric arrangement, the symmetric arrangement having a multifold symmetry and comprising a unit cell comprising a first portion of a first etch hole extending outward from a center of the micro-device, a second etch hole that is an interior etch hole and disposed parallel to an edge side of the micro-device, and a third etch hole that is an interior etch hole and that is co-linear with a center of the micro-device.

11. The micro-device of claim 10 , wherein the symmetric arrangement has a two-fold symmetry or a four-fold symmetry.

12. The micro-device of claim 10 , wherein the first etch hole has a cross shape.

13. The micro-device of claim 10 , wherein the second etch hole and the third etch hole are straight etch holes.

14. The micro-device of claim 10 , wherein the third etch hole is collinear with both the center of the micro-device and a corner of the micro-device.

15. A micro-device having a top side and a bottom side and comprising one or more etch holes,

wherein each of the one or more etch holes is an etch hole that extends entirely through an interior portion of the micro-device substrate from the top side to the bottom side, and

wherein the one or more etch holes comprise a first etch hole comprising a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion and the second portion intersect at respective interior points and a center of the first etch hole is disposed closer to a center of the micro-device than any edge side of the micro-device.

16. The micro-device of claim 15 , wherein the first portion and the second portion each intersect the center of the micro-device.

17. The micro-device of claim 15 , wherein the first portion and the second portion form a cross.

18. The micro-device of claim 15 , wherein the first portion has a length equal to a length of the second portion.

19. The micro-device of claim 15 , wherein the first etch hole is the only etch hole.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 24, 2024
From: TRINDADE, ANTÓNIO JOSÉ MARQUES; RUBINO, PIERLUIGI
To: X-CELEPRINT LIMITED
Reel/Frame 068999/0481 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 17475046 · Sep 14, 2021
Continuation In Part 17066448 · Oct 8, 2020
Provisional Application 63173988 · Apr 12, 2021
Related Publication 20250042717A1 · Feb 6, 2025
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