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MEMS element with increased density

US11603312B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 27, 2020
Grant dateMar 14, 2023
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Expiry dateDec 10, 2040

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  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB81C2201/0176
  • WIPO fieldMicro-structural and nano-technology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A microelectromechanical device comprising a mobile rotor in a silicon wafer. The rotor comprises one or more high-density regions. The one or more high-density regions in the rotor comprise at least one high-density material which has a higher density than silicon. The one or more high-density regions have been formed in the silicon wafer by filling one or more fill trenches in the rotor with the at least one high-density material. The one or more fill trenches have a depth/width aspect ratio of at least 10, and the one or more fill trenches have been filled by depositing the high-density material into the fill trenches in an atomic layer deposition (ALD) process.

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