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Micromirror device and preparation method thereof

A micromirror, one-sided technology, applied in the field of optics, can solve the problems of small movement amplitude of electrostatic MEMS micromirrors, and achieve the effect of constant resonant frequency, large movement amplitude, and reduced stiffness coefficient

Pending Publication Date: 2021-10-22
觉芯电子(无锡)有限公司
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[0006] This application is to solve the technical problem that the electrostatic MEMS micromirror has a small movement range in the quasi-static mode

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[0081] The embodiment of the present application also discloses a preparation method of a micromirror device, comprising the following steps:

[0082] Obtaining an SOI wafer, the SOI wafer includes a substrate layer 110, a first buried layer 150 and a first device layer 120;

[0083] There are many ways to prepare and form the device layer structure, and three of them are introduced as examples below:

[0084] In the first possible implementation scheme, setting the movable structure on the first device layer 120 and the reinforcement frame 131 on the second device layer 130 includes the following steps:

[0085] The first device layer 120 is dry-etched by using a reduction process, that is, a load effect or a double layer etching process, to define a movable structure and an alignment mark; the movable structure includes a movable mirror 121, a driving plate 123 and Movable comb structure 122; prepare and form the weight-reducing portion 127 on the movable structure; obtain ...

Embodiment 1

[0109] The movable structure is arranged on the first device layer, and the reinforcement frame is arranged on the second device layer:

[0110] figure 1 It is a schematic structural diagram of a micromirror device according to an embodiment of the present application, figure 1 The micromirror device includes a substrate layer 110, a first buried layer 150 and a device structure layer, and the substrate layer 110, the first buried layer 150 and the device structure layer are sequentially stacked and connected from bottom to top;

[0111] The device structure layer includes a first device layer 120, a second buried layer 140 and a second device layer 130, and the first device layer 120, the second buried layer 140 and the second device layer 130 are sequentially stacked and connected from bottom to top;

[0112] A static comb structure 132 , an electrical isolation groove 133 and a second metal pad 134 are disposed on the second device layer 130 . The electrical isolation gro...

Embodiment 2

[0134] The movable structure is disposed on the first device layer 120, and the reinforcement frame 131 is formed on the movable structure by etching;

[0135] The difference from Example 1 is that, as Figure 7 As shown in (a), the reinforcement frame 131 is arranged on the first device layer 120, and the reinforcement frame 131 is formed on the movable structure by etching the first device layer 120; while realizing the reinforcement function, the overall quality of the movable structure is reduced .

[0136] Such as Figure 7 As shown in (b), the lower surface of the movable structure of the micromirror device is kept smooth and flat, and is coated with a metal film by metal evaporation or sputtering to form a metal reflection layer 160, the material is Ti / Au, and the thickness is 20-200nm between.

[0137] Different from Embodiment 1, the micromirror device in Embodiment 2 of the present application is fabricated by a double-layer resist etching process. Device layer s...

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Abstract

The invention provides a micromirror device and a preparation method thereof. The micromirror device comprises a substrate layer, a first buried layer and a device structure layer; the substrate layer, the first buried layer and the device structure layer are sequentially stacked and connected; the device structure layer comprises a movable structure, and the movable structure comprises a movable mirror surface and a driving plate; weight reduction parts are arranged on the front surface of the movable mirror surface and the driving plate; a metal reflecting layer is arranged on the back surface of the movable mirror surface; a back cavity structure is arranged on the substrate layer and can provide a motion space for the movable structure; and the first buried layer is provided with a light passing area, and the back cavity structure and the light passing area can expose the metal reflecting layer. According to the micromirror device provided by the invention, the vibrator mass and the torsion shaft stiffness coefficient of the MEMS micromirror system can be reduced by reducing the mass of the movable structure, the resonant frequency of the mirror surface is ensured not to be changed, that is, the reliability of the device is not changed, and meanwhile, the mirror surface can realize larger motion amplitude under the same driving voltage.

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technical field [0001] The present application relates to the field of optical technology, in particular to a micromirror device and a preparation method thereof. Background technique [0002] In recent years, with the development of technology, many emerging optical applications have emerged, such as vehicle lidar, portable laser projection and three-dimensional measurement. These emerging applications have broad and good market prospects, but they are also facing many technical problems. In the process of productization, every manufacturer needs to consider whether the process technology is mature and whether it can achieve low-cost repeatable mass production. The above-mentioned emerging applications put forward quite high requirements on the integration, reliability and optical field of view of product devices. Among many existing technical solutions, solutions based on microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) play an important role. [0003] Different from traditional l...

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IPC IPC(8): G02B26/08B81B7/02B81C1/00
CPCG02B26/0841B81B7/02B81C1/00015B81B2201/042
Inventor 马宏
Owner 觉芯电子(无锡)有限公司