Method of making thermally-isolated silicon-based integrated circuits
Abstract
Thermally isolated devices may be formed by performing a series of etches on a silicon-based substrate. As a result of the series of etches, silicon material may be removed from underneath a region of an integrated circuit (IC). The removal of the silicon material from underneath the IC forms a gap between remaining substrate and the integrated circuit, though the integrated circuit remains connected to the substrate via a support bar arrangement that suspends the integrated circuit over the substrate. The creation of this gap functions to release the device from the substrate and create a thermally-isolated integrated circuit.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1409829
- Patent Number(s):
- 9824932
- Application Number:
- 15/234,932
- Assignee:
- National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (Albuquerque, NM)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01L - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
H - ELECTRICITY H03 - BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY H03H - IMPEDANCE NETWORKS, e.g. RESONANT CIRCUITS
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 2016 Aug 11
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 42 ENGINEERING
Citation Formats
Wojciechowski, Kenneth, Olsson, Roy, Clews, Peggy J., and Bauer, Todd. Method of making thermally-isolated silicon-based integrated circuits. United States: N. p., 2017.
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Wojciechowski, Kenneth, Olsson, Roy, Clews, Peggy J., & Bauer, Todd. Method of making thermally-isolated silicon-based integrated circuits. United States.
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"Method of making thermally-isolated silicon-based integrated circuits". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1409829.
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