3-D integration and through-silicon vias in MEMS and microsensors

Z Wang - Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
After two decades of intensive development, 3-D integration has proven invaluable for
allowing integrated circuits to adhere to Moore's Law without needing to continuously shrink …

Scanning micromirror platform based on MEMS technology for medical application

E Pengwang, K Rabenorosoa, M Rakotondrabe… - Micromachines, 2016 - mdpi.com
This topical review discusses recent development and trends on scanning micromirrors for
biomedical applications. This also includes a biomedical micro robot for precise …

Microsystems using three-dimensional integration and TSV technologies: Fundamentals and applications

Z Wang - Microelectronic Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
As a powerful enabling technology, three-dimensional (3D) integration, which uses wafer
bonding to integrate multiple wafers in the vertical direction and uses through‑silicon-vias …

Review of electrothermal micromirrors

Y Tang, J Li, L Xu, JB Lee, H Xie - Micromachines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Electrothermal micromirrors have become an important type of micromirrors due to their
large angular scanning range and large linear motion. Typically, electrothermal micromirrors …

MEMS‐Based Endoscopic Optical Coherence Tomography

J Sun, H Xie - International Journal of Optics, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Early cancer detection has been playing an important role in reducing cancer mortality.
Optical coherence tomography (OCT), due to its micron‐scale resolution, has the ability to …

A 2.8-mm imaging probe based on a high-fill-factor MEMS mirror and wire-bonding-free packaging for endoscopic optical coherence tomography

SR Samuelson, L Wu, J Sun, S Choe… - Journal of …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper reports a miniature optical coherence tomography (OCT) probe and high-
resolution 3-D OCT imaging results obtained with this side-view probe. The probe is only 2.8 …

Tiny endoscopic optical coherence tomography probe driven by a miniaturized hollow ultrasonic motor

T Chen, N Zhang, T Huo, C Wang… - … of biomedical optics, 2013 - spiedigitallibrary.org
We present an endoscopic probe for optical coherence tomography (OCT) equipped with a
miniaturized hollow ultrasonic motor that rotates the objective lens and provides an internal …

MEMS mirrors based on a curved concentric electrothermal actuator

L Liu, S Pal, H Xie - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2012 - Elsevier
A curved concentric electrothermal actuator has been designed and developed to actuate
circular micromirrors with improved area efficiency, while at the same time achieving large …

Circumferential-scanning endoscopic optical coherence tomography probe based on a circular array of six 2-axis MEMS mirrors

S Luo, D Wang, J Tang, L Zhou, C Duan… - Biomedical Optics …, 2018 - opg.optica.org
We present a novel circumferential-scan endoscopic optical coherence tomography (OCT)
probe by using a circular array of six electrothermal microelectromechanical (MEMS) mirrors …

Ultra-deep annular Cu through-silicon-vias fabricated using single-sided process

L Xiao, Y Ding, Y Su, Z Zhang, Y Yan… - IEEE Electron Device …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ultra-deep through-silicon-vias (TSVs) are of great demand for 3D heterogeneous
integration. However, most reported deep TSVs adopt double-sided silicon etching and …