Active solid-state devices (e.g. – transistors – solid-state diode – Responsive to non-electrical signal – Physical deformation
Patent
1903-02-01
1995-12-26
Crane, Sara W.
Active solid-state devices (e.g., transistors, solid-state diode
Responsive to non-electrical signal
Physical deformation
200181, 200283, 200 83N, 200 83V, 307132E, H01L 2966, H01L 2996
Patent
active
054790425
ABSTRACT:
A bridging member extending across a cavity in a semiconductor substrate (e.g. single crystal silicon) has successive layers--a masking layer, an electrically conductive layer (e.g. polysilicon) and an insulating layer (e.g. SiO.sub.2). A first electrical contact (e.g. gold coated with ruthenium) extends on the insulating layer in a direction perpendicular to the extension of the bridging member across the cavity. A pair of bumps (e.g. gold) are on the insulating layer each between the contact and one of the cavity ends. Initially the bridging member and then the contact and the bumps are formed on the substrate and then the cavity is etched in the substrate through holes in the bridging member. A pair of second electrical contacts (e.g. gold coated with ruthenium) are on the surface of an insulating substrate (e.g. pyrex glass) adjacent the semiconductor substrate. The two substrates are bonded after the contacts are cleaned. The first contact is normally separated from the second contacts because the bumps engage the insulating substrate surface. When a voltage is applied between an electrically conductive layer on the insulating substrate surface and the polysilicon layer, the bridging member is deflected so that the first contact engages the second contacts. Electrical leads extend on the surface of the insulating substrate from the second contacts to bonding pads disposed adjacent a second cavity in the semiconductor substrate. The resultant relays on a wafer may be separated by sawing the semiconductor and insulating substrates at the position of the second cavity in each relay to expose the pads for electrical connections.
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James Christopher D.
Katzenstein Henry S.
Brooktree Corporation
Crane Sara W.
Roston Ellsworth R.
Schwartz Charles H.
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