CN201742550U - Capacitance minitype silicon microphone - Google Patents
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A capacitance minitype silicon microphone comprises a back pole plate used as a pole of a capacitor and provided with the function of conducting electricity, a vibrating membrane used as another pole of the capacitor and provided with the function of conducting electricity, and an insulated supporting body supporting the vibrating membrane, wherein the back pole plate and the vibrating membrane are arranged at intervals; the back pole plate is provided with a plurality of sound holes communicated with the vibrating membrane; the vibrating membrane comprises an outer end face, a plurality of arc slots inside the outer end face, and a plurality narrow slots that are respectively communicated with the arc slots and outwards penetrate through the outer end face; the plurality of arc slots are the same in radius and on the same circle; the narrow slots and the arc slots enable a beam to form in the shape of a cantilever arm; and one end of the insulated supporting body supports the beam and the other end is fixed on the back pole plate. Therefore, the vibrating membrane is insensitive to residual stress, the design flexibility is improved and the area of a chip can be reduced with the same sensitivity.
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[technical field]
The utility model belongs to microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) field based on silicon technology, is specifically related to a kind of capacitance type minitype silicon microphone.
[background technology]
The MEMS technology is a new and high technology of high speed development in recent years, compare with traditional respective devices, the MEMS device is in volume, power consumption, weight and obvious advantages is all arranged in price, and it adopts advanced semiconductor fabrication process, can realize the batch manufacturing of MEMS device, in the market, the main application example of MEMS device comprises that pressure sensor, acceleration take into account silicon microphone etc.
For silicon microphone, it is assembled to circuit board adopts automation surface attachment process usually, this technology need experience high temperature, and the electric charge leakage at high temperature can take place traditional electret microphone (ECM), cause ECM to lose efficacy, so the assembling of ECM can only be adopted hand assembled.And capacitance type minitype silicon microphone can withstand high temperatures, so can adopt surface mount process to realize automatic assembling, capacitance type minitype silicon microphone all has superiority than ECM at aspects such as miniaturization, performance, reliability, environmental resistance, cost and volume production abilities in addition, therefore adopts the micro silicon microphone of MEMS technology manufacturing to begin to capture consumption electronic product markets such as mobile phone, PDA, MP3 and hearing aids as the substitute of ECM rapidly.
Though the research of micro silicon microphone carried out more than two decades, the method of specific implementation capacitance type minitype silicon microphone is a lot, but capacitance type minitype silicon microphone generally include one around the small air gap of vibrating membrane, back pole plate that has hole and the between fixed.Vibrating membrane adopts usually that conventional semiconducter process---deposit obtains, and material can adopt multiple or multilayer material obtains (such as doped polycrystalline silicon, metal and silicon nitride composite membrane etc.); Back pole plate can obtain by silicon substrate or by deposit, and material also can adopt multiple or multilayer material (such as doped polycrystalline silicon, metal and silicon nitride composite membrane etc.); Small air-gap can be corroded by sacrifice layer and obtain after removing, and sacrificial layer material can adopt multiple material (as silica, silicon etc.).
But, the control that subject matter is exactly vibrating film stress that micro silicon microphone faces in making.Existing film preparation means adopt deposit substantially, and can there be bigger residual stress in the vibrating membrane that obtains by deposit, generally includes two kinds of thermal mismatch stress and intrinsic stresses.Residual stress has considerable influence to the micro silicon microphone characteristic, when serious even its inefficacy can not be worked.Have, big tensile residual stresses also can significantly reduce the mechanical sensitivity of vibrating membrane again, and the mechanical sensitivity of vibrating membrane and microphone key index---sensitivity is directly proportional, therefore big residual stress will cause the reduction of sensitivity of microphone indirectly.Also have, big residual compressive stress also may cause vibrating membrane generation flexing, thereby makes the unstable even inefficacy of microphone property.
Therefore, improve sensitivity of microphone and become the focus that those skilled in the art pay close attention to, existing by adopting the method for the process conditions of improving preparation method's deposit, or adopt some additional process such as annealing to wait the residual stress that reduces vibrating membrane, but adopt this method little to the effect that reduces residual stress, and repeatability is bad, realizes also comparatively complicated; The another one approach makes vibrating membrane suspend exactly, makes the mechanical sensitivity of vibrating membrane insensitive to residual stress, but this kind mode often causes the processing technology complexity to increase.
Therefore, how to solve shortcoming that prior art exists and improve that the sensitivity of microphone is real to have become the technical task that those skilled in the art need to be resolved hurrily.
[utility model content]
The purpose of this utility model is to provide a kind of capacitance type minitype silicon microphone that possesses better sensitivity.
To achieve these goals, the utility model capacitance type minitype silicon microphone comprises: be used for as the utmost point of electric capacity and have the back pole plate of conducting function, be used for as another utmost point of described electric capacity and have the vibrating membrane of conducting function and support the insulation support body of described vibrating membrane, described back pole plate and vibrating membrane are provided with at interval, described back pole plate is provided with some sound holes that are communicated with vibrating membrane, described vibrating membrane comprises the outer face, be positioned at some arc grooves and some slits that is communicated with arc groove respectively and outwards runs through the outer face of inboard, outer face, the radius of described some arc grooves is all identical and be positioned on the same circumference, described slit and arc groove are partitioned into cantilever-shaped beam with vibrating membrane, one end of described insulation support body supports described beam, and the other end is fixed on the back pole plate.
In sum, the utility model capacitance type minitype silicon microphone vibrating membrane is set to circle, more meet acoustic characteristic, simultaneously, the beam that connects vibrating membrane is provided with circular arc, can make vibrating membrane insensitive and improve design flexibility, under identical sensitivity situation, can reduce area of chip simultaneously residual stress.
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The three-dimensional combination figure of the capacitance type minitype silicon microphone that Fig. 1 is disclosed for the utility model first execution mode.
Fig. 2 is the three-dimensional combination figure behind the cut angle of capacitance type minitype silicon microphone shown in Figure 1.
Fig. 3 is the front view of the capacitance type minitype silicon microphone behind the cut angle shown in Figure 2.
Fig. 4 is the part three-dimensional exploded view of capacitance type minitype silicon microphone shown in Figure 1.
The three-dimensional combination figure of the capacitance type minitype silicon microphone that Fig. 5 is disclosed for the utility model second execution mode, wherein first, second metal pressure point does not show.
Fig. 6 is the part three-dimensional exploded view of capacitance type minitype silicon microphone shown in Figure 5.
Fig. 7 is the part three-dimensional exploded view of another angle of Fig. 6.
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First execution mode:
See also Fig. 1 to shown in Figure 4, the utility model capacitance type minitype silicon microphone 100 comprised the mechanical support effect substrate 1, be formed on the substrate 1 and in order to as back-etching from stop stopping layer 2 certainly, be formed at from stop the back pole plate 3 on the layer 2, the vibrating membrane 4, the support vibrating membrane 4 that are provided with at interval with back pole plate 3 and be fixed in some insulation support bodies 5 on the back pole plate 3 and two respectively with first, second metal pressure points 6,7 of vibrating membrane 4, back pole plate 3 conductings.
Described substrate 1 is made (as monocrystalline silicon) by semi-conducting material, and it is provided with back of the body chamber 10, and described back of the body chamber 10 is run through the back side 11 of substrate 1 and upwards run through from stopping layer 2.Described back of the body chamber 10 can be set to circular or square or other shapes, is used to conduct the decline acoustical behavior of type silicon microphone 100 of sound and control capacittance.
Describedly 2 can make, and when being used for that deep etching is finished overleaf, play from stopping effect not being etched with protection back pole plate 3 for materials such as silica or silicon nitrides from stopping layer.
Described back pole plate 3 has conducting function and is used for the utmost point as electric capacity, and described back pole plate 3 is provided with some sound holes of running through 31, and described sound hole 31 can be set to circular or square and is arranged into array by the shape of vibrating membrane 4 according to actual demand.Described sound hole 31 is communicated with back of the body chamber 10.
See also Figure 1 and Figure 2, described vibrating membrane 4 is set to circle, on the one hand can reduce volume, on the other hand more fitting in acoustical behavior, thereby makes capacitance type minitype silicon microphone 100 possess sensitivity preferably.Described vibrating membrane 4 comprises outer face 41, is positioned at some arc grooves 42 and some slits 43 that is communicated with arc groove 42 respectively and outwards runs through outer face 41 of 41 inboards, outer face.Described outer face 41 is an arc surface.Described arc groove 42 is a minor arc, and the radius of all arc grooves 42 is all identical and be positioned on the same circumference.Described slit 43 is along the radially extension of vibrating membrane 4.Described arc groove 42 and slit 43 form vibrating membrane 4 on the beam 44 of four circular arcs.Described beam 44 is an identical material with vibrating membrane 4.Described beam 44 is cantilever-shaped, being that an end of beam 44 is unsettled is free end 441, described beam 44 is provided with outer surface 442, inner surface 443 and runs through the through hole 444 on inside and outside surface, with the susceptibility of 4 pairs of residual stresss of reduction vibrating membrane, thus the sensitivity that improves capacitance type minitype silicon microphone 100.Simultaneously, under the situation of identical sensitivity, can reduce the area of vibrating membrane 4, reduce area of chip thereby reach.
The material of described back pole plate 3 and vibrating membrane 4 is respectively electric conducting material and a kind of by in the composite membrane of electric conducting material and insulating material combination, adds materials such as silicon nitride as polysilicon, polysilicon silicon nitride, polysilicon oxidation silicon composite membrane and metal.
One end of described insulation support body 5 is near the free end 441 of beam 44.One end of described insulation support body 5 supports described beam 44, and the other end is fixed on back pole plate 3 or the substrate 1.Described insulation support body 5 can be materials such as silica or silicon nitride.In this enforcement execution mode, described insulation support body 5 is cylindric, certainly, implements in the execution mode at other, and described insulation support body 5 also can be arranged to prism-shaped.The described first metal pressure point 6 electrically connects with vibrating membrane 4, and the described second metal pressure point 7 electrically connects with back pole plate 3, and described first, second metal pressure point 6,7 is used for follow-up packing routing.Described metal can be aluminium, gold, chromium gold, titanium tungsten gold etc.In this enforcement execution mode, described first, second metal pressure point 6,7 is circular, certainly, implements in the execution mode at other, and described first, second metal pressure point 6,7 can also be set to other polygons such as rectangle.
Second execution mode:
See also Fig. 5 to shown in Figure 7, the capacitance type minitype silicon microphone 100 that the capacitance type minitype silicon microphone 200 that the utility model second execution mode is disclosed and first execution mode are disclosed is basic identical, both differences are that the beam 44 of capacitance type minitype silicon microphone 200 is provided with the narrow groove 45 that all separates with arc groove 42 and slit 43, described narrow groove 45 is divided into first, second part 46,47 with beam 44, and described first, second part 46,47 all is insulated supporter 5 and supports.Described arc groove 42 is a minor arc, and the length of the identical and narrow groove 45 of the width of described first, second part 46,47 is less than the length of arc groove 42.All narrow grooves 45 are distributed on the same circumference.Beam 44 is provided with the narrow groove 45 that runs through once more, can further increases the elasticity of beam 44, with the susceptibility of 4 pairs of residual stresss of reduction vibrating membrane, thus the sensitivity that improves capacitance type minitype silicon microphone 200.
In sum, for the person of ordinary skill of the art, that is done under instruction of the present utility model changes at equivalence of the present utility model, must be included in the scope that the utility model claim advocated.
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1. a capacitance type minitype silicon microphone comprises: be used for as the utmost point of electric capacity and have the back pole plate of conducting function, be used for as another utmost point of described electric capacity and have the vibrating membrane of conducting function and support the insulation support body of described vibrating membrane, described back pole plate and vibrating membrane are provided with at interval, described back pole plate is provided with some sound holes that are communicated with vibrating membrane, it is characterized in that: described vibrating membrane comprises the outer face, be positioned at some arc grooves and some slits that is communicated with arc groove respectively and outwards runs through the outer face of inboard, outer face, the radius of described some arc grooves is all identical and be positioned on the same circumference, described slit and arc groove are partitioned into cantilever-shaped beam with described vibrating membrane, one end of described insulation support body supports described beam, and the other end is fixed on the back pole plate.
2. capacitance type minitype silicon microphone as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: described vibrating membrane is for circular, and described outer face is an arc surface.
3. capacitance type minitype silicon microphone as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: described beam is provided with the free end of an end of free end and described insulation support body near beam.
4. capacitance type minitype silicon microphone as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that: described beam is provided with the narrow groove that all separates with arc groove and slit, described narrow groove is divided into first, second part with beam, and described first, second part all is insulated supporter and supports.
5. capacitance type minitype silicon microphone as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that: the width of described first, second part is identical.
6. capacitance type minitype silicon microphone as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that: the length of narrow groove is less than the length of arc groove.
7. capacitance type minitype silicon microphone as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: described beam is provided with outer surface, inner surface and runs through the through hole on inside and outside surface.
8. capacitance type minitype silicon microphone as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that: described capacitance type minitype silicon microphone also comprises substrate, be positioned at stopping layer certainly and being formed at first, second metal pressure point on vibrating membrane and the back pole plate respectively on the substrate, described substrate is provided with the back of the body chamber that is communicated with the sound hole, described back pole plate is formed at from stopping on the layer, described beam and vibrating membrane are identical material, and the first metal pressure point and vibrating membrane electrically conduct and the second metal pressure point and back pole plate electrically conduct.
9. capacitance type minitype silicon microphone as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: described slit is along the radially extension of vibrating membrane.
10. capacitance type minitype silicon microphone as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: described arc groove is a minor arc.
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