Methods for CMOS-MEMS integrated devices with multiple sealed cavities maintained at various pressures
AssigneeInvenSense, Inc.
InventorsMichael Daneman, Martin Lim, Kegang Huang, Igor Tchertkov
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AssigneeInvenSense, Inc.
InventorsMichael Daneman, Martin Lim, Kegang Huang, Igor Tchertkov
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A Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) structure comprises a MEMS wafer. A MEMS wafer includes a handle wafer with cavities bonded to a device wafer through a dielectric layer disposed between the handle and device wafers. The MEMS wafer also includes a moveable portion of the device wafer suspended over a cavity in the handle wafer. Four methods are described to create two or more enclosures having multiple gas pressure or compositions on a single substrate including, each enclosure containing a moveable portion. The methods include: A. Forming a secondary sealed enclosure, B. Creating multiple ambient enclosures during wafer bonding, C. Creating and breaching an internal gas reservoir, and D. Forming and subsequently sealing a controlled leak/breach into the enclosure.
A Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) device comprising:
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