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Film stress management for MEMS through selective relaxation

US8138495B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 2, 2008
Grant dateMar 20, 2012
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Expiry dateJan 20, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T74/1553
  • WIPO fieldMicro-structural and nano-technology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An apparatus comprising a microelectromechanical system. The microelectromechanical system includes a crystalline structural element having dislocations therein. For at least about 60 percent of adjacent pairs of the dislocations, direction vectors of the dislocations form acute angles of less than about 45 degrees.

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