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- This invention relates to MEMS devices and the control of stiction, friction, and related processes through the application to such a devices of a passivation layer formed from a phosphonate surfactant.
- MicroElectro Mechanical Systems are semiconductor chips that support a top layer of small mechanical devices, such as fluid sensors or mirrors. These devices are built onto chips through growth and etching processes similar to those used to define the topography of an integrated circuit. These processes are capable of creating devices with micron dimensions.
- the MEMS itself typically packs multiple elements on a single chip.
- a MEMS device specifically a Digital Micromirror Device (DMD) is the basis for Digital Light ProcessingTM technology.
- the DMD microchip functions as a fast, reflective digital light switch. The switching is accomplished through the rotation of multiple small mirrors in response to an electric potential. In a mirror's “on” state of rotation, light from a projection source is directed to the pupil of a projection lens and a bright pixel appears on the projection screen. In the “off” state, light is directed out of the pupil and the pixel appears dark.
- Digital Light ProcessingTM has been employed commercially in televisions, cinemagraphic projection systems, and business-related projectors.
- metal e.g., aluminum
- structures such as yokes or landing tips
- Passivation layers are added to address several problems with device operation.
- One such problem is static friction (stiction), the static adhesion force between resting bodies in contact (such as two surfaces of a DMD pixel).
- Another problem is dynamic friction, which arises from the contact of moving elements in the device.
- Effective passivation layers reduce stiction and friction by reducing the surface energy of the device. For rotating devices (such as the hinge in a DMD), repeated movement and deformation displace molecules and permanently bias the zero state of the rotation. Passivation layers may reduce this hinge memory accumulation by stabilizing certain states of the surface.
- Passivation layers are typically formed from surfactants. Effective surfactants are believed to function by forming self-assembled monolayers at the device surface. These monolayers are ordered molecular assemblies formed by the adsorption of a surfactant on a solid surface. Zhu, et. al., “Self-Assembled Monolayer used in Micro-motors,” report the use of such monolayers, formed from an octadecyltrichlorosilane precursor, as a passivation layer for a silicon micromotor. Hornbeck, “Low Surface Energy Passivation Layer for Micromechanical Devices” (U.S. Pat. No.
- the passivation layer should be stable under the intended operating conditions of the MEMS. While carboxylate surfactants have functioned adequately in commercial DMD products, the resulting monolayers may thermally desorb under foreseeable conditions of operation. Such desorption, and the resulting increase in stiction, friction, and hinge memory accumulation, would adversely impact the operation of the device. It is therefore desirable to form passivation layers from surfactants that bind more tightly with the surface of interest. That is one objective of the present invention. In addition, because of their reduced acidity (as compared to some commonly employed carboxylates), phosphonic acid surfactants may provide compatibility advantages with common packaging materials, such as Kovar.
- the invention provides a MEMS device having an improved passivation layer formed from a phosphonate surfactant.
- the passivation layer is applied to an aluminum surface.
- the MEMS device is a Digital Micromirror Device, and the mechanical elements coated with the passivation layer may include the hinges that rotate the mirrors.
- the phosphonate surfactant may be introduced either as an alkylphosphonic acid or as esters of the same.
- the invention also provides methods for assembling a layer of phosphonate surfactant on the surface of a MEMS device.
- the phosphonate is introduced as an ester of an alkylphosphonic acid
- that method may include a step of hydroxylating the surface.
- the methods for assembling layers of these materials include vapor phase deposition and deposition from solution.
- the mechanical structures of a MEMS device are grown on a semiconductor surface through any of a variety of methods that are known in the art. These methods may include conventional semiconductor processing techniques like sputter metal deposition, lithography, and plasma etching.
- a DMD superstructure is grown on an SRAM address circuit employing standard CMOS technology.
- a thick oxide is deposited over Metal-2 of the CMOS and planarized through chemical mechanical polishing to yield a flat substrate for DMD fabrication.
- Construction of the DMD superstructure begins with deposition and patterning of aluminum for a metal layer.
- An organic sacrificial layer (spacer) is then spin-coated, lithographically patterned and hardened. Holes patterned in the spacer will form metal support posts after the yoke metal covers their sidewalls. These posts will support the hinges and the mirror address electrodes.
- a second metal layer is sputter-deposited and patterned to form the hinges and other elements, such as springs, supports, electrodes, or mechanical stops that may be desirable for control of micromirror motion.
- a second organic sacrificial layer is spin-coated, patterned, then hardened.
- the holes patterned in this spacer form the support posts that secure the mirrors to the underlying yokes.
- An aluminum layer is sputter-deposited and patterned over this spacer to form the mirrors.
- a final coating of photoresist completes the wafer.
- the wafers are singulated, and the individual die are mounted in ceramic headers.
- a plasma etching step is then used to remove the photoresist from the MEMS structures, thereby freeing the superstructure.
- the passivation layer comprises a phosphonate surfactant, which may be introduced either as an alkylphosphonic acid (RPO(OH) 2 ) or esters of the same.
- RPO(OH) 2 alkylphosphonic acid
- the alkyl group is a hydrocarbon straight chain having between four and eighteen carbon atoms. It may be saturated or unsaturated. It may be partially or fully fluorinated. It may include linear hetero atoms, such as oxygen.
- Methods for synthesizing alkyl phosphonic acids and esters are disclosed in, e.g., U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,108,889; 4,393,011; and 4,655,883.
- Suitable phosphonates include materials sold commercially as lubricants. For reasons of availability, n-octylphosphonic acid (NOPA) and octadecylphosphonic acid (NOPA) are especially preferred surfactants.
- the phosphonate surfactant may be introduced as a salt or ester of the alkylphosphonic acid.
- preferred esters include the methyl ester (RPO(CH 3 ) 2 ), ethyl ester (RPO(CH 2 CH 3 ) 2 ) and trimethylsilyl ester (RPO(Si(CH 3 ) 3 ) 2 ).
- RPO(CH 3 ) 2 methyl ester
- RPO(Si(CH 3 ) 3 ) 2 trimethylsilyl ester
- it may be desirable to first hydroxylate the surface to be coated This can be done by exposing the surface to a solution of sulfuric acid and hydrogen peroxide, or by exposing the device to a plasma formed from one or more of the following: hydrogen, water, ammonia and oxygen.
- the term “phosphonate surfactant” encompasses surfactants introduced both as an alkylphosphonic acid and as salts or esters of the same.
- the phosphonate surfactant is contacted with the surface to be coated under conditions selected to facilitate the formation and adsorption of a self-assembled monolayer.
- the surface may be exposed to a vapor of the phosphonate surfactant—typically at or near the native surfactant vapor pressure, under vacuum, at temperatures below 150° C.
- the surfactant may be adsorbed from solution.
- Suitable solution-based methods include the THF/aerosol method disclosed in Gawalt, et. al, and the THF/evaporation method disclosed in Hanson, et. al.
- Water, isopropyl alcohol, and supercritical CO 2 are other solvents that may be particularly useful in the adsorption of phosphonate surfactant monolayers on the surfaces of interest.
- the surface to be coated should be exposed to the phosphonate surfactant for a time sufficient for the self-assembled monolayer to form. For vapor-based adsorption, that time is typically in the range of minutes. For solution-based adsorption, that time is typically in the range of several hours. For any process, monolayer formation is conveniently verified by measuring liquid contact angles on a test surface. For aluminum, the process is substantially complete when the contact angle for water exceeds 100° or when the contact angle for methylene iodide exceeds 70°.
- IPA isopropyl alcohol
- LA lauric acid
- Surfactant solutions were prepared at a 0.0128 molal concentration, and the samples were soaked under ambient conditions for one hour. The samples were post-washed (with either water or IPA) and air-dried for a period of at least four hours. Static water contact angles were measured using a Gardco Model PG-1 Goniometer. After heating for 12 hours at 150° C., the static water contact angles were measured again.
- This example demonstrates the improved thermal stability (as compared to carboxylates) of monolayers formed from phosphonate surfactants.
- NOPA n-octylphosphonic acid
- NOPA octadecylphosphonic acid
- LA lauric acid
- ST stearic acid
- various surfactant mixtures in liquid solution.
- Surfactant solutions were prepared at a 0.0128 molal concentration, and the samples were soaked under ambient conditions for one hour. The samples were post-washed with water and air-dried for a period of at least four hours. Static water contact angles were measured (using a Gardco Model PG-1 Goniometer) before and after a 12-hour, 150° C. thermal exposure test, and before and after a 24-hour ambient soak test.
- This example demonstrates the improved thermal stability (as compared to carboxylates) of monolayers formed from phosphonate surfactants.
Abstract
Phosphonate surfactants are employed to passivate the surfaces of MEMS devices, such as digital micromirror devices. The surfactants are adsorbed from vapor or solution to form self-assembled monolayers at the device surface. The higher binding energy of the phosphonate end groups (as compared to carboxylate surfactants) improves the thermal stability of the resulting layer.
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- This application claims priority to commonly-owned U.S. provisional patent application Ser. No. 60/534,3337, filed Jan. 5, 2004.
- This invention relates to MEMS devices and the control of stiction, friction, and related processes through the application to such a devices of a passivation layer formed from a phosphonate surfactant.
- MicroElectro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) are semiconductor chips that support a top layer of small mechanical devices, such as fluid sensors or mirrors. These devices are built onto chips through growth and etching processes similar to those used to define the topography of an integrated circuit. These processes are capable of creating devices with micron dimensions. The MEMS itself typically packs multiple elements on a single chip.
- A MEMS device, specifically a Digital Micromirror Device (DMD), is the basis for Digital Light Processing™ technology. The DMD microchip functions as a fast, reflective digital light switch. The switching is accomplished through the rotation of multiple small mirrors in response to an electric potential. In a mirror's “on” state of rotation, light from a projection source is directed to the pupil of a projection lens and a bright pixel appears on the projection screen. In the “off” state, light is directed out of the pupil and the pixel appears dark. Thus the DMD provides a digital basis for constructing a projected image. Digital Light Processing™ has been employed commercially in televisions, cinemagraphic projection systems, and business-related projectors.
- In a typical DMD design, metal, e.g., aluminum, is deposited to form support posts, a hinge, the mirror itself, and structures (such as yokes or landing tips) to contain its rotation. The processes used to define these structures on a DMD (or any other MEMS device) are known in the art and are not the subject of this invention. These processes may include growth of a passivation layer on the mechanical device.
- Passivation layers are added to address several problems with device operation. One such problem is static friction (stiction), the static adhesion force between resting bodies in contact (such as two surfaces of a DMD pixel). Another problem is dynamic friction, which arises from the contact of moving elements in the device. Effective passivation layers reduce stiction and friction by reducing the surface energy of the device. For rotating devices (such as the hinge in a DMD), repeated movement and deformation displace molecules and permanently bias the zero state of the rotation. Passivation layers may reduce this hinge memory accumulation by stabilizing certain states of the surface.
- Passivation layers are typically formed from surfactants. Effective surfactants are believed to function by forming self-assembled monolayers at the device surface. These monolayers are ordered molecular assemblies formed by the adsorption of a surfactant on a solid surface. Zhu, et. al., “Self-Assembled Monolayer used in Micro-motors,” report the use of such monolayers, formed from an octadecyltrichlorosilane precursor, as a passivation layer for a silicon micromotor. Hornbeck, “Low Surface Energy Passivation Layer for Micromechanical Devices” (U.S. Pat. No. 5,602,671) has described the use of self-assembled monolayers as passivation for MEMS devices including DMDs. Suitable self-assembling carboxylates may be introduced as a vapor under conditions designed to facilitate the growth of self-assembled monolayers, as disclosed by Robbins, “Surface Treatment Material Deposition and Recapture,” (U.S. Pat. No. 6,365,229).
- Self-assembled monolayers have been studied outside the device context. Much of the early research in this field concerned the interaction of surfactants with gold surfaces; but work has been published relating to other metals (and metalloids), including silicon and aluminum. Work pertaining to phosphonate/phosphonic acid surfactants includes: Gawalt, et. al, “Self-Assembly and Bonding of Alkanephosphonic Acids on the Native Oxide Surface of Titanium,” Langmuir 2001, 17, 5736-38; Hanson, et. al, “Bonding Self-Assembled, Compact Organophosphonate Monolayers to the Native oxide Surface of Silicon,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 16074-80; and Nitowski, G., “Topographic and Surface Chemical Aspects of the Adhesion of Structural Epoxy Resins to Phosphorus Oxo Acid Treated Aluminum Adherents.”
- Within the device context, the passivation layer should be stable under the intended operating conditions of the MEMS. While carboxylate surfactants have functioned adequately in commercial DMD products, the resulting monolayers may thermally desorb under foreseeable conditions of operation. Such desorption, and the resulting increase in stiction, friction, and hinge memory accumulation, would adversely impact the operation of the device. It is therefore desirable to form passivation layers from surfactants that bind more tightly with the surface of interest. That is one objective of the present invention. In addition, because of their reduced acidity (as compared to some commonly employed carboxylates), phosphonic acid surfactants may provide compatibility advantages with common packaging materials, such as Kovar.
- The invention provides a MEMS device having an improved passivation layer formed from a phosphonate surfactant. In certain embodiments of the invention, the passivation layer is applied to an aluminum surface. In other embodiments, the MEMS device is a Digital Micromirror Device, and the mechanical elements coated with the passivation layer may include the hinges that rotate the mirrors. The phosphonate surfactant may be introduced either as an alkylphosphonic acid or as esters of the same.
- The invention also provides methods for assembling a layer of phosphonate surfactant on the surface of a MEMS device. Where the phosphonate is introduced as an ester of an alkylphosphonic acid, that method may include a step of hydroxylating the surface. In specific embodiments, the methods for assembling layers of these materials include vapor phase deposition and deposition from solution.
- The mechanical structures of a MEMS device are grown on a semiconductor surface through any of a variety of methods that are known in the art. These methods may include conventional semiconductor processing techniques like sputter metal deposition, lithography, and plasma etching.
- In one example, a DMD superstructure is grown on an SRAM address circuit employing standard CMOS technology. A thick oxide is deposited over Metal-2 of the CMOS and planarized through chemical mechanical polishing to yield a flat substrate for DMD fabrication. Construction of the DMD superstructure begins with deposition and patterning of aluminum for a metal layer. An organic sacrificial layer (spacer) is then spin-coated, lithographically patterned and hardened. Holes patterned in the spacer will form metal support posts after the yoke metal covers their sidewalls. These posts will support the hinges and the mirror address electrodes.
- A second metal layer is sputter-deposited and patterned to form the hinges and other elements, such as springs, supports, electrodes, or mechanical stops that may be desirable for control of micromirror motion.
- A second organic sacrificial layer is spin-coated, patterned, then hardened. The holes patterned in this spacer form the support posts that secure the mirrors to the underlying yokes. An aluminum layer is sputter-deposited and patterned over this spacer to form the mirrors. A final coating of photoresist completes the wafer.
- Through standard semiconductor processes, the wafers are singulated, and the individual die are mounted in ceramic headers. A plasma etching step is then used to remove the photoresist from the MEMS structures, thereby freeing the superstructure.
- After the device superstructure has been fabricated, a passivation layer is applied to it. The passivation layer comprises a phosphonate surfactant, which may be introduced either as an alkylphosphonic acid (RPO(OH)2) or esters of the same. For preferred surfactants, the alkyl group is a hydrocarbon straight chain having between four and eighteen carbon atoms. It may be saturated or unsaturated. It may be partially or fully fluorinated. It may include linear hetero atoms, such as oxygen. Methods for synthesizing alkyl phosphonic acids and esters are disclosed in, e.g., U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,108,889; 4,393,011; and 4,655,883. Suitable phosphonates include materials sold commercially as lubricants. For reasons of availability, n-octylphosphonic acid (NOPA) and octadecylphosphonic acid (NOPA) are especially preferred surfactants.
- The phosphonate surfactant may be introduced as a salt or ester of the alkylphosphonic acid. For reasons of reactivity and availability, preferred esters include the methyl ester (RPO(CH3)2), ethyl ester (RPO(CH2CH3)2) and trimethylsilyl ester (RPO(Si(CH3)3)2). Before the ester is used, it may be desirable to first hydroxylate the surface to be coated. This can be done by exposing the surface to a solution of sulfuric acid and hydrogen peroxide, or by exposing the device to a plasma formed from one or more of the following: hydrogen, water, ammonia and oxygen. As used herein, the term “phosphonate surfactant” encompasses surfactants introduced both as an alkylphosphonic acid and as salts or esters of the same.
- The phosphonate surfactant is contacted with the surface to be coated under conditions selected to facilitate the formation and adsorption of a self-assembled monolayer. The surface may be exposed to a vapor of the phosphonate surfactant—typically at or near the native surfactant vapor pressure, under vacuum, at temperatures below 150° C. Alternatively, the surfactant may be adsorbed from solution. Suitable solution-based methods include the THF/aerosol method disclosed in Gawalt, et. al, and the THF/evaporation method disclosed in Hanson, et. al. Water, isopropyl alcohol, and supercritical CO2 are other solvents that may be particularly useful in the adsorption of phosphonate surfactant monolayers on the surfaces of interest.
- The surface to be coated should be exposed to the phosphonate surfactant for a time sufficient for the self-assembled monolayer to form. For vapor-based adsorption, that time is typically in the range of minutes. For solution-based adsorption, that time is typically in the range of several hours. For any process, monolayer formation is conveniently verified by measuring liquid contact angles on a test surface. For aluminum, the process is substantially complete when the contact angle for water exceeds 100° or when the contact angle for methylene iodide exceeds 70°.
- Aluminum-coated silicon substrates were cut into ˜1.4×1.4 cm coupons. Sample coupons were pre-washed with either isopropyl alcohol (IPA) or sodium carbonate solution. The sodium carbonate-washed substrates were prepared by dipping the substrates into a 0.1 molal solution (pH=11.47) for 15 seconds under ambient conditions. The substrates were then rinsed with deionized, distilled water and air-dried under ambient conditions. The coupons were exposed to n-octylphosphonic acid (NOPA) or octadecylphosphonic acid (NOPA) in liquid solution. The coupons were also exposed, for purposes of comparison, to lauric acid (LA) in liquid solution. Surfactant solutions were prepared at a 0.0128 molal concentration, and the samples were soaked under ambient conditions for one hour. The samples were post-washed (with either water or IPA) and air-dried for a period of at least four hours. Static water contact angles were measured using a Gardco Model PG-1 Goniometer. After heating for 12 hours at 150° C., the static water contact angles were measured again.
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Initial Contact Angle Contact After 12 h at Sample Prep History Angle 150° C. 1 Water pre-wash 69 +/− 5 59 +/− 3 2 Sodium carbonate pre-wash 56 +/− 4 58 +/− 4 3 NOPA, water carrier, sodium 108 +/− 4 72 +/− 3 carbonate pre-wash, water post- wash 4 NOPA, IPA carrier, water pre- 102 +/− 5 74 +/− 7 wash, water post-wash 5 OPA, IPA carrier, IPA pre-wash, 114 +/− 6 110 +/− 2 water post-wash 6 LA, IPA carrier, IPA pre-wash, 110 +/− 4 66 +/− 2 IPA post-wash 7 LA, water carrier, IPA pre-wash, 113 +/− 3 68 +/− 5 IPA post-wash - This example demonstrates the improved thermal stability (as compared to carboxylates) of monolayers formed from phosphonate surfactants.
- Aluminum-coated silicon substrates were cut into ˜1.4×1.4 cm coupons. Sample coupons were either treated “as received” or washed with sodium carbonate. Sodium carbonate-washed substrates were prepared by dipping the substrates into a 0.1 molal solution (pH=11.47) for 15 seconds under ambient conditions. The substrates were then rinsed with deionized, distilled water and air-dried under ambient conditions. The coupons were exposed to n-octylphosphonic acid (NOPA) or octadecylphosphonic acid (NOPA) in liquid solution. The coupons were also exposed to lauric acid (LA), stearic acid (ST) and various surfactant mixtures in liquid solution. Surfactant solutions were prepared at a 0.0128 molal concentration, and the samples were soaked under ambient conditions for one hour. The samples were post-washed with water and air-dried for a period of at least four hours. Static water contact angles were measured (using a Gardco Model PG-1 Goniometer) before and after a 12-hour, 150° C. thermal exposure test, and before and after a 24-hour ambient soak test.
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Contact Contact Angle: 12 Angle: 24 Cleaning Initial Contact hours at hour water Sample Surfactant Solvent Method Angle 150° C. soak 1 NOPA water as received 111 +/− 2 65 +/− 2 55 +/− 4 2 NOPA water carbonate 115 +/− 4 88 +/− 9 62 +/− 27 3 LA IPA as received 113 +/− 2 55 +/− 2 59 +/− 3 4 LA IPA carbonate 112 +/− 3 66 +/− 4 38 +/− 15 5 OPA IPA as received 115 +/− 2 111 +/− 4 109 +/− 3 6 OPA IPA carbonate 115 +/− 3 104 +/− 5 107 +/− 6 7 ST IPA as received 116 +/− 3 77 +/− 3 106 +/− 4 8 ST IPA carbonate 115 +/− 3 80 +/− 3 70 +/− 20 9 OPA/ST IPA as received 112 +/− 2 107 +/− 5 100 +/− 4 (80/20) 10 OPA/ST IPA carbonate 119 +/− 5 102 +/− 6 105 +/− 4 (80/20) 11 OPA/ST IPA as received 115 +/− 2 112 +/− 4 105 +/− 2 (50/50) 12 OPA/ST IPA carbonate 115 +/− 2 102 +/− 6 97 +/− 4 (50/50) 13 OPA/ST IPA as received 118 +/− 2 91 +/− 2 108 +/− 5 (20/80) 14 OPA/ST IPA carbonate 113 +/− 3 77 +/− 6 90 +/− 3 (20/80) - This example demonstrates the improved thermal stability (as compared to carboxylates) of monolayers formed from phosphonate surfactants.
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1. A MEMS device having at least one surface, said surface coated with a passivation layer comprising a phosphonate surfactant.
2. The device of claim 1 , wherein said phosphonate surfactant comprises a compound of the formula RPO(OH)2, or salts or esters of the same, or mixtures of the same, where R is a hydrocarbon straight chain of 4-18 carbon atoms; saturated or unsaturated; non-, partially-, or fully-fluorinated; and may include one or more linear hetero atoms.
3. The device of claim 1 , wherein said phosphonate surfactant comprises n-octylphosphonic acid, octadecylphosphonic acid, salts or esters of the same, or mixtures of the same.
4. The device of claim 1 , wherein said MEMS device is a digital micromirror device.
5. The device of claim 4 , wherein said phosphonate surfactant comprises a compound of the formula RPO(OH)2, or salts or esters of the same, or mixtures of the same, where R is a hydrocarbon straight chain of 4-18 carbon atoms; saturated or unsaturated; non-, partially-, or fully-fluorinated; and may include one or more linear hetero atoms.
6. The device of claim 4 , wherein said phosphonate surfactant comprises n-octylphosphonic acid, octadecylphosphonic acid, salts or esters of the same, or mixtures of the same.
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