System and method of fabricating micro cavities

CF Wan - US Patent App. 12/028,841, 2008 - Google Patents
Related US Application Data aging enclosure at the wafer level using MEMS (MicroElec (60)
Division of application No. 10/712,196, filed on Nov. troMechanical Systems) process …

System and method for micro-electromechanical operation of an interferometric modulator

C Chui, WJ Cummings, BJ Gally, MH Tung - US Patent 7,567,373, 2009 - Google Patents
An interferometric modulator is formed by a stationary layer and a mirror facing the stationary
layer. The mirroris movable between the undriven and driven positions. Landing pads …

Methods for producing MEMS with protective coatings using multi-component sacrificial layers

MH Tung, L Kogut - US Patent 7,450,295, 2008 - Google Patents
Surfaces of a microelectromechanical device are disclosed comprising the steps of forming
a composite layer of a sac rificial material and a protective material, and selectively etching …

MEMS structures, methods of fabricating MEMS components on separate substrates and assembly of same

JB Sampsell, BJ Gally, PD Floyd - US Patent 7,719,752, 2010 - Google Patents
Methods of fabricating a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) device With reduced
masking and MEMS devices formed by the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, a …

Hermetic packaging and method of manufacture and use therefore

CF Wan - US Patent 7,579,663, 2009 - Google Patents
A system and method for manufacturing micro cavity packaging enclosure at the wafer level
using MEMS (MicroElectroMechanical Systems) process, wherein micro cavities are formed …

Radio frequency switches with air gap structures

AK Stamper, SM Shank, JJ Ellis-Monaghan… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to radio
frequency (RF) switches with airgap structures and methods of manufacture. The structure …

Diffusion barrier layer for MEMS devices

HF Wang, MH Tung, S Zee - US Patent 7,630,114, 2009 - Google Patents
Described herein is the use of a diffusion barrier layer between metallic layers in MEMS
devices. The diffusion barrier layer prevents mixing of the two metals, which can alter …

Selective etching of MEMS using gaseous halides and reactive co-etchants

X Yan, B Arbuckle, E Gousev, MH Tung - US Patent 7,566,664, 2009 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A method for etching a target material in the presence of a structural
material with improved selectivity uses a vapor phase etchant and a co-etchant …

Microelectromechanical device and method utilizing nanoparticles

T Sasagawa, L Kogut - US Patent 7,711,239, 2010 - Google Patents
A microelectromechanical device (MEMS) utilizing nanoparticles for reducing stiction is
disclosed. In one embodiment, a microelectromechanical device is an interferometric …

MEMS RF switch integrated process

JL Ebel, R Cortez, RE Strawser, KD Leedy - US Patent 7,145,213, 2006 - Google Patents
A capacitance coupled, transmission line-fed, radio frequency MEMS switch and its
fabrication process using photoresist and other low temperature processing steps are …