The invention discloses an MEMS (Micro Electro
Mechanical System)
thermopile structure and a preparation method thereof, and belongs to the technical field of micro electro mechanical systems, the MEMS
thermopile structure is characterized by comprising a substrate, a support film I and a support film II which are arranged in one step, and the support film II is provided with an
electrode and a plurality of
thermocouple strip groups which are radially arranged from a hot end to a cold end; the
thermocouple strip group is curved and comprises a second
thermocouple strip, an insulating interlayer and a first thermocouple strip which are sequentially arranged from bottom to top; a structure formed by the support film II, the
electrode and the thermocouple strip is covered with an
infrared absorption layer and a
passivation layer; the second thermocouple strip and the
electrode are made of the same material; the
tail end of the second thermocouple strip extends downwards and is connected with the
tail end of the first thermocouple strip to form a cold end of the
thermopile, and the head end is connected with the head end of the adjacent first thermocouple strip to form a hot end of the thermopile; and the
tail ends of the first thermocouple strip and the second thermocouple strip of the group of thermocouple strips are respectively connected with the two electrodes. The sensing performance such as the response rate, the
linearity and the stability of the MEMS thermopile temperature sensor is improved.