TY - JOUR
T1 - Three-dimensional integration of heterogeneous silicon micro-structures by liftoff and stamping transfer
AU - Onoe, Hiroaki
AU - Iwase, Eiji
AU - Matsumoto, Kiyoshi
AU - Shimoyama, Isao
PY - 2007/9/1
Y1 - 2007/9/1
N2 - We propose a method of integrating heterogeneous silicon microstructures (typical scale of 10-100 νm) into a single silicon substrate to fabricate MEMS structures. It includes adhesion-based liftoff and stamping transfer (LIST) processes using poly-(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) sheets. Silicon microstructures fabricated on different wafers are lifted onto the PDMS sheets by breaking the narrow columns supporting the microstructures by applying a vertical load to the PDMS sheet, and then transferred onto the silicon substrate with high yield (more than 90%) and superior positioning accuracy (within 0.3 νm on average in a 2 × 3 mm area). Multiple heterogeneous silicon structures are integrated into a single silicon substrate by repeating this LIST process. We fabricated two-dimensional arrays, three-dimensional pyramidal structures and overhanging bridge microstructures with our method, which proved that the LIST process could be used to integrate heterogeneous MEMS structures into a single wafer.
AB - We propose a method of integrating heterogeneous silicon microstructures (typical scale of 10-100 νm) into a single silicon substrate to fabricate MEMS structures. It includes adhesion-based liftoff and stamping transfer (LIST) processes using poly-(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) sheets. Silicon microstructures fabricated on different wafers are lifted onto the PDMS sheets by breaking the narrow columns supporting the microstructures by applying a vertical load to the PDMS sheet, and then transferred onto the silicon substrate with high yield (more than 90%) and superior positioning accuracy (within 0.3 νm on average in a 2 × 3 mm area). Multiple heterogeneous silicon structures are integrated into a single silicon substrate by repeating this LIST process. We fabricated two-dimensional arrays, three-dimensional pyramidal structures and overhanging bridge microstructures with our method, which proved that the LIST process could be used to integrate heterogeneous MEMS structures into a single wafer.
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U2 - 10.1088/0960-1317/17/9/010
DO - 10.1088/0960-1317/17/9/010
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:50149115178
VL - 17
SP - 1818
EP - 1827
JO - Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering
JF - Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering
SN - 0960-1317
IS - 9
ER -