WO2006090805A1 - 振動型ジャイロセンサ - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to, for example, an angular velocity sensor used for motion detection in a video camera or in a virtual reality apparatus in a virtual reality apparatus, direction detection in a car navigation system, etc. More specifically, the present invention relates to a vibration having a cantilever oscillator. The present invention relates to a vibration type mouth sensor provided with an element.
- the angular velocity is detected by vibrating a cantilever oscillator at a predetermined resonance frequency and detecting Coriolisers generated by the influence of the angular velocity with a piezoelectric element or the like.
- vibration type gyro sensors are widely used.
- the vibration type gyro sensor has advantages such as simple mechanism, short time, start-up time, inexpensive and manufacturability! For example, video cameras, virtual reality devices, car navigation systems, etc. It is mounted on electronic devices and is used as a sensor for camera shake detection, motion detection, and direction detection.
- the vibration element was manufactured by cutting out an appropriate piezoelectric material by machining and shaping it into a predetermined shape.
- vibration-type gyro sensors there is a demand for further miniaturization and higher performance due to the reduction in size, weight and multifunctionality of the main equipment mounted, and due to the limit of processing accuracy by mechanical processing. It was difficult to fabricate a compact, high-precision vibrating element.
- a cantilever-shaped vibration element is provided by laminating and forming a pair of electrode layers sandwiching a piezoelectric thin film layer on a silicon substrate using a thin film technology applied to a semiconductor process.
- a thin film technology applied to a semiconductor process have been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
- a compact and thin vibration-type gyro sensor can be combined with a sensor or the like for other purposes to achieve complex or sophisticated functions.
- the vibration type gyro sensor By the way, in the vibration type gyro sensor, the size and weight of the mounted device are reduced, and the multifunctionality is high. Along with functionalization, further miniaturization and higher performance are required. For example, it is combined with various sensors to achieve multifunctionality, and a vibration element is mounted on a support substrate to form a vibration type mouth sensor, and further this vibration type gyro sensor is controlled with various sensors to control the main device side. By mounting on a substrate, miniaturization as a whole is achieved.
- each electrode of the vibration element and the terminal portion on the support substrate side are generally connected by the wire bonding method, and a wire is drawn around the vibration element. Space, which is a factor that hinders the realization of miniaturization.
- the vibratory gyro sensor becomes smaller, it becomes greatly affected by external vibration, etc., and if the cost increases due to the complexity of the supporting structure of the vibrating element, etc., there is a problem. Will occur.
- the vibration type gyro sensor since the installation state is determined by the specifications of the device, it must be configured such that predetermined characteristics can be stably obtained even when used in all states.
- the mechanical quality factor Q factor Q factor
- the mechanical quality factor Q value is determined by the material and fixed structure of the vibrating element.
- Patent Document 1 Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-113643
- the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a vibratory gyrosensor in which the characteristics are improved by reducing the size and obtaining a high Q value with a simple configuration.
- the vibratory gyrosensor of the present invention comprises a support substrate on which a circuit element is mounted and a wiring pattern having a plurality of lands is formed, and a surface of the support substrate.
- the vibratory element includes a base having a mounting surface on which a plurality of terminal parts connected to the land are formed, and a peripheral force of the base.
- each metal convex portion is formed of, for example, a gold bump, a convex portion integrally projected with the base force of the vibration element, or the like.
- the vibration type gyro sensor of the present invention by applying an AC electric field of a predetermined frequency to the supporting substrate side force vibration element, the vibrator portion produces natural vibration, hand vibration, etc.
- the generated Coriolis force is electrically detected and the detection signal is output.
- the vibration element is configured in a cantilever shape in which the base force vibrator portion is integrally formed in a cantilever shape, and is fixed in a state in which the supporting substrate force is floated through the metal convex portion.
- the displacement attenuation ratio of the transducer portion is reduced to achieve a high Q value.
- the vibration-type gyro sensor is strongly affected by external loads such as external vibration and shock, and thermal stress generated at the time of bonding to the control board on the main device side. It is preferable to have a load buffer structure that absorbs or reduces the strain or stress generated on the support substrate by such external load.
- a load buffer groove formed so as to surround the vibration element mounting region on the support substrate, or the base end portion of the vibrator portion and each terminal with respect to the mounting surface of the base of the vibration element.
- a groove portion formed so as to straddle the portion or a load buffer layer provided between the support substrate and the control substrate on the main device side or the like corresponds to this.
- the vibration type gyro sensor of the present invention since the vibration element is mounted on the support substrate through the metal convex portion, high Q value is realized along with miniaturization and high sensitivity is achieved. Stable characteristics can be obtained.
- FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a vibration type gyro sensor according to a first embodiment of the present invention when the cover member is removed and seen.
- FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of an essential part of a vibrating element of a vibrating gyrosensor.
- FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of an essential part of a vibration element showing a state in which the vibration gyro sensor is mounted on a control substrate.
- FIG. 4 is a bottom view of a vibrating element.
- FIG. 5 is a bottom view of a vibrating gyrosensor.
- FIG. 6 is a plan view of a supporting substrate showing a modification of the configuration of the load buffer groove portion.
- FIG. 7 is a circuit diagram of a vibration type gyro sensor.
- FIG. 8 is an overall perspective view of the bottom side force of the vibrating element.
- FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a vibrator portion of a vibrating element.
- FIG. 10 is a main process flow diagram for explaining a method of manufacturing a vibrating gyrosensor.
- FIG. 11 is a plan view of a silicon substrate used in the manufacturing process of the vibration element.
- FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view of the same silicon substrate.
- FIG. 13 is a plan view of a silicon substrate in which vibration element formation portions are patterned on a photoresist layer.
- FIG. 14 is a cross-sectional view of the same silicon substrate.
- FIG. 15 is a plan view of a silicon substrate obtained by patterning a portion where a vibrating element is formed in a silicon oxide film.
- FIG. 16 is a cross-sectional view of the same silicon substrate.
- FIG. 17 is a plan view of a silicon substrate having an etching recess that constitutes a diaphragm that defines the thickness of a vibrator.
- FIG. 18 is a cross-sectional view of the same silicon substrate.
- FIG. 19 is an enlarged sectional view of an etching recess.
- FIG. 20 is a cross-sectional view of essential parts in a state in which the first electrode layer, the piezoelectric film layer, and the second electrode layer are stacked on the diaphragm portion.
- FIG. 21 shows a state in which the drive electrode layer and the detection electrode are patterned on the second electrode layer. It is a principal part top view.
- FIG. 22 is a cross-sectional view of the relevant part.
- FIG. 23 is a plan view of relevant parts in a state in which a piezoelectric thin film layer is patterned on a piezoelectric film layer.
- FIG. 24 is a cross-sectional view of the relevant part.
- FIG. 25 is a plan view of relevant parts of a state in which a reference electrode layer is patterned on the first electrode layer.
- FIG. 26 is a cross-sectional view of the relevant part.
- FIG. 27 is a plan view of an essential part in a state in which a flat layer is formed.
- FIG. 28 is a cross-sectional view of the relevant part.
- FIG. 29 is a plan view of relevant parts in a state where leads are formed in the base formation region.
- FIG. 30 is a cross-sectional view of the relevant part.
- FIG. 31 is a plan view of relevant parts in a state in which a photoresist layer for forming an insulating protective layer is formed.
- FIG. 32 is a cross-sectional view of essential parts in a state in which the first alumina layer of the insulating protective layer is formed.
- FIG. 33 is a cross-sectional view of essential parts in a state in which the oxide silicon layer of the insulating protective layer is formed.
- Fig. 34 is a cross-sectional view of essential parts of a state in which the second alumina layer of the insulating protective layer and the etching stop layer are formed.
- FIG. 35 is a plan view of relevant parts in a state in which outer grooves forming the outer shape of the vibrator portion are formed.
- FIG. 36 is a cross-sectional view of essential parts as seen from the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the vibrator portion.
- FIG. 37 is a cross-sectional view of main parts of the vibrator portion as viewed from the longitudinal direction.
- FIG. 38A is a side cross sectional view of a transducer for explaining a method of forming a plating bump
- FIG. 38B is a side cross-sectional view of a transducer for explaining a method of forming a plating bump.
- FIG. 39A is an explanatory diagram of an adjustment process of the transducer.
- FIG. 39B is an explanatory diagram of the adjustment process of the vibration element.
- FIG. 39C is an explanatory drawing of the adjustment process of the vibration element.
- FIG. 40 is an FEM analysis view of the method of fixing the vibration element to the support substrate, and is a characteristic view showing the relationship between the amount of attenuation of the gold bump and the amount of displacement of the transducer portion.
- FIG. 41A is an analysis model view and a characteristic view showing the relationship between the width of the non-joined portion and the displacement attenuation ratio of the transducer portion.
- FIG. 41 B is an analysis model diagram and a characteristic diagram showing the relationship between the width of the non-joined portion and the displacement attenuation ratio of the transducer portion.
- FIG. 42A is an analysis model view and a characteristic view showing the relationship between the width of the gold bonding layer and the displacement attenuation ratio of the transducer portion.
- FIG. 42B is an analysis model diagram and a characteristic diagram showing the relationship between the width of the gold bonding layer and the displacement attenuation ratio of the transducer portion.
- FIG. 42C is an analysis model view and a characteristic view showing the relationship between the width of the gold bonding layer and the displacement attenuation ratio of the transducer portion.
- FIG. 43A is an analysis model view and a characteristic view showing the relationship between the fixed position of the gold bonding layer on the transducer side and the displacement attenuation ratio of the transducer portion.
- FIG. 43B is an analysis model view and a characteristic view showing the relationship between the fixed position of the gold bonding layer on the transducer side and the displacement attenuation ratio of the transducer portion.
- FIG. 44A is an analysis model diagram and a characteristic diagram showing the relationship between the fixed position of the gold bonding layer on the rear end side of the base and the displacement / attenuation ratio of the transducer portion.
- FIG. 44B is an analysis model view and a characteristic view showing the relationship between the fixed position of the gold bonding layer on the rear end side of the base and the displacement / attenuation ratio of the transducer portion.
- FIG. 45 is an analysis model diagram of the arrangement position of the gold bonding layer in fixing at four points.
- FIG. 46 is a characteristic diagram of each model shown in FIG.
- FIG. 47A is an analysis model diagram showing an arrangement position of a gold bonding layer in a sample vibrating element adopting a four-point fixing structure.
- FIG. 47B is an analysis model diagram showing an arrangement position of a gold bonding layer in a sample vibrating element adopting a four-point fixing structure.
- Fig. 47C shows a gold bonding layer in a sample vibrating element adopting a four-point fixing structure It is an analysis model figure which shows the arrangement position of.
- FIG. 48 is a characteristic diagram of each of the model index diagrams shown in FIG. 47A to FIG. 47C.
- FIG. 49A is an analysis model diagram of the arrangement position of the gold bonding layer in multipoint fixation.
- FIG. 49B is an analysis model diagram of the arrangement position of the gold bonding layer in multipoint fixation.
- FIG. 49C is an analysis model diagram of the placement position of the gold bonding layer in multipoint fixation.
- FIG. 49D is an analysis model diagram of the placement position of the gold bonding layer in multipoint fixation.
- FIG. 50 is a characteristic diagram of each model shown in FIGS. 49A to 49D.
- FIG. 51 is a characteristic diagram of the fluctuation suppressing effect of the offset voltage value by the load buffer groove portion.
- FIG. 52 is a characteristic diagram of the fluctuation suppressing effect of the offset voltage value depending on the depth of the load buffer groove portion.
- FIG. 53 is a characteristic diagram showing the relationship between the height of the vibration space portion formed by the interval formation concave portion and the displacement / attenuation ratio of the vibrator portion.
- FIG. 54 is a comparison diagram of the number of silicon substrate power devices.
- FIG. 55 is a characteristic diagram of interference between two axes according to the arrangement of the vibration elements.
- FIG. 56A is a histogram of the angular deviation of the transducer in the mounting process, and shows the case where the alignment mark is recognized and mounted.
- FIG. 56B is a histogram of the angular deviation of the vibrating element in the mounting process, and shows the case of mounting by the external shape recognition.
- FIG. 57 is a characteristic diagram showing the results of measuring the magnitude of the interference signal due to the frequency difference by changing the operating frequencies of the two transducer elements.
- FIG. 58 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a state in which the vibration type gyro sensor is mounted on the control substrate.
- FIG. 59 is a schematic cross sectional view for explaining the appearance of the vibration type gyro sensor when external distortion is applied to the control substrate in FIG.
- FIG. 60A is a side view schematically showing a vibrating element described in the second embodiment of the present invention, showing a conventional vibrating element.
- FIG. 60B schematically shows the vibration element described in the second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 7 is a side view shown in FIG. 6 and shows the vibration element of the second embodiment.
- FIG. 61A is a view showing a modification of the configuration of the gold bump.
- FIG. 61B is a view showing a modification of the configuration of the gold bump.
- FIG. 62A is a measurement principle diagram of an example described in the second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 62B is a measurement principle diagram of an example described in the second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 63A is a characteristic diagram showing the results of the examples of FIGS. 62A and 62B.
- FIG. 63B is a characteristic diagram showing the results of the examples of FIGS. 62A and 62B.
- FIG. 64A is a side view schematically showing a vibration element described in the third embodiment of the present invention, showing a conventional vibration element.
- FIG. 64B is a side view schematically showing a vibrating element described in the third embodiment of the present invention, and shows the vibrating element of the third embodiment.
- FIG. 65 is an explanatory view of an example described in the third embodiment of the present invention, and is a bottom view of a vibration element.
- FIG. 66 is a characteristic diagram showing measurement results of an example described in the third embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 67 is an explanatory view of another example described in the third embodiment of the present invention, and is a bottom view of a vibration element.
- FIG. 68 is a characteristic diagram showing measurement results of another example described in the third embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 69 is a schematic side sectional view of a vibratory gyrosensor according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 70 is a schematic side sectional view of a vibratory gyrosensor according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 71 is a schematic side sectional view of a vibratory gyrosensor according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 72 is a schematic side view of a vibrating gyrosensor according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention. It is a front view.
- FIG. 73 is a characteristic diagram showing measurement results of the respective examples described in the fourth embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 74 is a bottom view of a vibration element according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 75 is a characteristic diagram showing the measurement results of the example described in the fifth embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 76 is a bottom view of a vibrating element for explaining a modification of the fifth embodiment of the present invention.
- Fig. 77 is a bottom view of a vibrating element for explaining a modification of the fifth embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 78A is a plan view of the main part of a conventional vibrating gyroscope described in the sixth embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 78 B is a side view of the main part of a conventional vibrating gyroscope as described in the sixth embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 79A is a plan view of the main part of a vibratory gyrosensor according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 79B is a side view of the main part of the vibratory gyrosensor according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 80 is a characteristic diagram showing measurement results of an example described in the sixth embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 81 is a plan view of relevant parts of a conventional vibration type gyro sensor described in the seventh embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 82 is a plan view of the main part of a vibratory gyrosensor according to a seventh embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 83 is a characteristic diagram showing measurement results of an example described in the seventh embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 84A is a plan view of the main part of a conventional vibrating gyroscope described in the eighth embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 84B is a side view of the main part of a conventional vibrating gyroscope described in the eighth embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 84C is a bottom view of the essential part of the conventional vibration type gyro sensor described in the eighth embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 85 is a bottom view of the supporting substrate according to the eighth embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 86A is a plan view of the main part of a vibratory gyrosensor according to an eighth embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 86B is a side view of the main part of a vibratory gyrosensor according to the eighth embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 87 is a plan view of relevant parts showing an example of arrangement and configuration of transducer elements described in the eighth embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 88 is a plan view of relevant parts showing another example of arrangement and configuration of the vibration element described in the eighth embodiment of the present invention.
- each part of the constituent member is described with a specific dimension value, but each dimension value is a central reference value.
- Each portion is not limited to being formed with a dimension value limited to this central reference value, and of course is formed with a dimension value within a general tolerance range.
- the vibration type gyro sensor is not limited to the shape of the dimension value which may be cut, and each part may be appropriately formed according to the characteristic specification.
- the vibration type gyro sensor 1 has an appearance as shown in FIG. 1 by a support substrate 2 and a cover member 15 assembled on the first main surface 2-1 of the support substrate 2 to constitute a component mounting space 3.
- the component is configured, for example, mounted on a video camera to configure a shake correction mechanism.
- the vibration type gyro sensor 1 is used, for example, in a virtual reality device to constitute a motion detector, or used in a car navigation device to constitute a direction detector.
- the vibration type gyro sensor 1 for example, a ceramic substrate, a glass substrate, or the like is used as the supporting substrate 2.
- a predetermined wiring pattern 5 having a plurality of lands 4 and the like is formed on the first main surface 2-1 of the support substrate 2 to form a component mounting area 6.
- first and second pairs of vibration elements 20X and 20Y mounted so as to detect vibrations in mutually different axial directions which will be described later in detail (hereinafter, vibration will be omitted except when individually described)
- the IC circuit element 7 and a large number of external ceramic capacitors and appropriate electronic components 8 are mixedly mounted.
- the vibrating element 20 is mounted by a surface mounting method such as a flip chip method using an appropriate mounting machine.
- the pair of vibration elements 20X and 20Y formed in the same shape are positioned at opposing corner portions 2C-1 and 2C-2 of the first main surface 2-1 of the support substrate 2 and mounted with different axial lines. ing.
- the vibration element 20 has a base 22 having a mounting surface on which a plurality of terminal portions 25 connected to the lands 4 via gold bumps 26 are formed, and one circumferential force of the base 22 And a vibrator portion 23 integrally provided in a cantilevered manner. The details of the configuration of the vibration element 20 will be described later.
- one of the first vibrating elements 20X is a base on the floating island-shaped first vibrating element mounting area 13A formed in the component mounting area 6 at the corner portion 2C-1 of the support substrate 2. 22 is fixed, and the vibrator portion 23 integrally provided from the base 22 is directed along the side edge of the support substrate 2 to the adjacent corner portion 2C-3.
- the other second vibrating element 20Y has the base 22 fixed to the floating island-like second vibrating element mounting area 13B configured in the component mounting area 6 at the corner portion 2C-2 of the support board 2, and is integrated from the base 22
- the vibrator portion 23 provided in a projecting manner is directed along the side edge of the support substrate 2 to the adjacent corner portion 2C-3.
- the first vibrating element 20X and the second vibrating element 20Y are mounted on the supporting substrate 2 with the respective vibrator portions 23 directed to the corner portion 2C-3 and mutually angled at 90 °. It is done.
- the vibration type gyro sensor 1 is capable of detecting two axes of vibration orthogonal to each other by the pair of vibration elements 20X and 20Y.
- the vibration elements 20X and 20Y may be mounted on the support substrate 2.
- the vibratory gyrosensor 1 detects an angular velocity around the longitudinal direction applied to the vibrator unit 23 in a state in which the vibrator unit 23 of the vibration element 20 is resonated.
- the vibration type gyro sensor 1 by mounting the first vibrating element 20X and the second vibrating element 20Y on the supporting substrate 2 at different angles, the angular velocity in the X axis direction and the Y axis direction can be detected simultaneously, for example
- the camera shake correction mechanism is configured by outputting a control signal based on the vibration state due to the camera shake of the video camera.
- the vibration type gyro sensor 1 Since the vibration type gyro sensor 1 is reduced in size and thickness by making the support substrate 2 thin, distortion or stress is generated in the support substrate 2 due to an external load such as vibration or impact applied from the outside. There is something to do. Therefore, in the present embodiment, by providing the support substrate 2 with an external load buffer structure, the influence on the vibration element 20 mounted on the support substrate 2 is reduced even if distortion or stress occurs. It is composed of
- the supporting substrate 2 is provided with first load buffer groove portions 12A and 12B (hereinafter referred to individually) at the corner portions 2C-1 and 2C-2 of the first main surface 2-1.
- a first load buffer groove 12 (generally referred to as “the first load buffer groove 12”) is formed except for the case described.
- the above-described vibration element mounting areas 13A and 13B (hereinafter collectively referred to as vibration element mounting area 13 except when individually described) are formed in the area surrounded by the first load buffer groove portion 12, The vibration element 20 is mounted in each vibration element mounting area 13.
- the second load buffer groove portion 14 is formed on the second main surface 2-2 side of the supporting substrate 2 mounted on the external control substrate 100 of the main device etc. ing.
- the second load buffer groove 14 comprises a second load buffer groove 14A and a second load buffer groove 14B as shown in FIG. 5, and is generally referred to as a second load buffer groove 14 except in the following case.
- the region surrounded by the second load buffer groove portion 14 is configured as terminal formation regions 115A and 115B (hereinafter collectively referred to as terminal formation region 115 except when individually described) as shown in FIG. ing.
- the first load buffer groove portion 12 has a dimension larger than the external dimensions of the base 22 of the vibration element 20 as shown in FIG. It is comprised by the whole frame-like bottomed groove which comprises the big vibration element mounting area
- the first load buffer groove portion 12 is formed by, for example, chemical grooving by mechanical grooving with a die, etc. or wet etching, or dry etching by a laser or the like.
- the first load buffer groove portion 12 is formed with a groove depth of 100 ⁇ m or more within the range that does not impair the mechanical strength of the support substrate 2 (details will be described later with reference to FIG. 52).
- the second load buffer grooves 14A and 14B are formed in parallel along the outer peripheral edge of the support substrate 2, respectively.
- a plurality of mounting terminal portions 116A and 116B (hereinafter referred to as individual terminals for external connection) are formed as terminal forming regions 115A and 115B, respectively.
- the mounting terminal portions 116 are collectively arranged and formed appropriately, except in the case described in FIG.
- the supporting substrate 2 is connected to the land on the control substrate 100 opposite to the mounting terminal portion (external connection terminal portion) 116 through the bumps 117 respectively provided on the mounting terminal portions 116, thereby forming the control substrate 100.
- the second load buffer groove portion 14 may be, for example, a mechanical groove force by a dicer or the like, chemical etching by wet etching, dry etching by a laser, or the like.
- the second main surface 2-2 of the support substrate 2 is formed to have a predetermined depth by a method or the like.
- the second load buffer groove portion 14 forms a floating island-like terminal formation region 115 in the second main surface 2-2 of the support substrate 2, and a plurality of mounting terminals are formed along the outer peripheral edge in the terminal formation region 115.
- the portions 116 are arranged in an array.
- the second load buffer groove portion 14 is not limited to a linear groove along the outer peripheral edge, and has, for example, a frame shape surrounding the mounting terminal portion 116 or a substantially U shape whose both ends are open to the outer peripheral edge. Do not let it form.
- a large number of vias are formed through the first main surface 2-1 and the second main surface 2-2, and the first main surface is formed via these vias.
- the wiring pattern 5 on the side of 2-1 and the mounting terminal portion 116 on the side of the second main surface 2-2 are connected appropriately.
- the vibration element 20 is mounted on the vibration element mounting area 13 which is surrounded by the first load buffer groove portion 12 and is in a floating island state, so that it is generated on the support substrate 2 by the external load. Strain or stress is the first negative It is absorbed by the load buffer groove 12. Therefore, the first load buffer groove portion 12 exerts a kind of dumping action to reduce the influence of external load on the vibration element 20 mounted on the vibration element mounting area 13, and the detection operation with the vibration element 20 stabilized. To do.
- the mounting terminal portion 116 provided in the terminal formation region 115 in the floating island state by providing the second load buffer groove portion 14 is a fixing portion with the control substrate 100.
- the external load transmitted through the control substrate 100 is absorbed by the second load buffer groove portion 14. Therefore, the second load buffer groove portion 14 exerts a kind of damper action to reduce the influence of the external load on the vibration element 20 mounted on the vibration element mounting area 13, and the detection operation in the stable state of the vibration element 20. To do.
- the first load buffer groove portion 12 is formed of a groove portion having a U-shaped cross section which is continuous over the entire circumference, but is not limited thereto.
- the first load buffer groove portion 12 may be configured, for example, by arranging a plurality of groove portions as a whole in a frame shape on condition that the predetermined characteristics are satisfied.
- the second load buffer groove portion 14 may also be formed by arranging a continuous groove portion, for example, by arranging a large number of groove portions.
- the first load buffer groove 12 is formed on the first main surface 2-1 of the support substrate 2 and the second load buffer groove 14 is formed on the second main surface 2-2 to provide a load buffer structure for the front and back main surfaces.
- the load buffering structure may be configured by only the first load buffering groove portion 12 or only the second load buffering groove portion 14 on condition that it has predetermined characteristics.
- the frame-shaped first load buffer groove 12 surrounding the vibration element mounting area 13 is formed on the first main surface 2-1 of the support substrate 2.
- the configuration is not limited.
- the vibration type gyro sensor 170 shown in FIG. 6 has the frame-shaped first load buffer groove portions 172X and 172Y formed in the support substrate 171. Furthermore, a cross-shaped divided groove is formed in the first load relieving groove portion 172. It forms 173A, 173B and configures four separate mounting areas 174A to 174D!
- each individual mounting area 174 is individually divided corresponding to the terminal portion 25 formed on the base 22 of the vibration element 20, and each mounting terminal is not shown. A department is provided.
- the vibrating element 20 mounted on the support substrate 171 with the terminal portions 25 fixed to the mounting terminal portions facing each other through the gold bumps 26 by the pressing structure is entirely surrounded by the first load buffer groove portion 172.
- each fixed part is separately fixed and mounted in the second floating island divided by the dividing groove 173. Therefore, in the vibration type gyro sensor 170, the influence of distortion and stress of the support substrate 171 generated by the external load is more reliably reduced by the vibration element 20 so that a stable angular velocity detection operation is performed.
- concave portions 11A and 11B which constitute a space portion for freely vibrating the vibrator portion 23 in the thickness direction in the component mounting region 6 (Hereinafter collectively referred to as “space-forming recess 11”) except in the case described in FIG.
- the interval configuration recess 11 is formed in a rectangular bottomed groove shape having a predetermined depth and opening size by, for example, etching or grooving the first main surface 2-1 of the support substrate 2.
- the vibration element 20 in which the base portion 22 and the cantilevered vibrator portion 23 are integrally formed is the first main surface 2 of the support substrate 2 via the gold bumps 26.
- the facing distance between the vibrator portion 23 and the first main surface 2-1 of the support substrate 2 is defined by the thickness of the gold bump 26, and the processing of the force gold bump 26 is achieved in the whole thickness reduction. The limit may not hold a sufficient distance.
- the vibrating element 20 generates an air flow between itself and the first main surface 2-1 of the support substrate 2 as the vibrator portion 23 vibrates. This air flow strikes the first main surface 2-1 of the support substrate 2 to generate a damping effect that pushes up the vibrator portion 23.
- the spacing configuration concave portion 11 in the first main surface 2-1 of the supporting substrate 2 sufficient spacing between the supporting substrate 2 and the vibrator portion 23 as shown in FIG. Hold m to reduce the influence of the damping effect acting on the vibration element 20.
- the vibrator portion 23 is extended so as to face the interval configuration concave portion 11 in a state where the vibration element 20 is mounted on the first main surface 2-1 of the support substrate 2.
- a sufficient distance is maintained between the transducer portion 23 and the support substrate 2.
- the spacing configuration recess 11 is formed on the support substrate 2 so as to be optimized in accordance with the dimensions of the vibrator portion 23 of the vibrating element 20.
- the opening dimension of the interval forming recess 11 is 2. Imm X O. 32 mm.
- the depth dimension k is formed such that k ⁇ pZ 2 + 0. 05 (mm).
- the second main surface (22-2) of the base 22 constituted by the second main surface 21-2 of the silicon substrate 21 constitutes a fixed surface (mounting surface) to the support substrate 2 as described later. It is mounted on the vibration element mounting area 13 described above.
- the first to fourth terminal portions 25A to 25D (hereinafter collectively referred to as terminal portions 25 except when individually described) are formed on the mounting surface 222 of the base 22.
- first gold bumps 26A to fourth gold bumps 26D (hereinafter collectively referred to as gold bumps 26 except when individually described) are formed as metal projections on the terminal portions 25 respectively.
- the terminal portions 25 of the vibrating element 20 are formed corresponding to the lands 4 formed on the wiring pattern 5 on the supporting substrate 2 side. Each terminal 25 is aligned with the corresponding land 4 and combined with the support substrate 2. Then, in this state, an ultrasonic wave is applied while pressing the vibration element 20 against the support substrate 2 to weld and bond each terminal 25 with the land 4 via the gold bump 26. Thus, the vibration element 20 is mounted on the support substrate 2. By mounting the vibrating element 20 through the gold bumps 26 of a predetermined height in this manner, the vibrator portion 23 has its second main surface (substrate facing surface) 23-2 as the first main surface of the support substrate 2. It is possible to perform a predetermined vibration operation while being held at a predetermined height position with respect to 2-1.
- the vibrating element 20 is mounted on the support substrate 2 by the surface mounting method.
- various other metal projections such as solder balls and copper bumps generally adopted in the semiconductor process which is not limited to the above-described gold bumps 26 can also be used.
- reflow soldering is performed in the manufacturing process of the main device, and the mounting terminal portion 116 of the support substrate 2 is connected and fixed to each land of the control substrate 100 through the bumps 117.
- Gold bump 26 with high elasticity and high workability is adopted as a connector
- the mechanical quality factor Q (Q factor) is determined by the fixing structure of the vibrating element to the support substrate.
- the vibration element 20 is mounted with the base 22 lifted from the first main surface 2-1 of the support substrate 2 via the gold bumps 26, for example, the entire surface of the base via the adhesive layer.
- the damping ratio of the tip portion of the transducer portion 23 becomes larger as compared with the case of bonding to the supporting substrate, and a good Q value can be obtained.
- the base 22 can be obtained. By fixing the positions of the four corners with respect to the support substrate 2, good Q value characteristics are obtained.
- Each gold bump 26 can be provided so as to position the entire center of gravity in a region within the range of the width dimension t6 (see FIG. 9) with respect to the central axis of the vibrator portion 23 in the longitudinal direction. Can. By arranging the gold bumps 26 in this manner, the vibrator 23 vibrating in the thickness direction can vibrate in a stable state without breaking the balance between the left and right.
- the force of the base end portion of the vibrator portion 23 protruding from the base portion 22 of each gold bump 26 is also formed by being located in the outside of the area having a radius twice the width dimension t6 of the vibrator portion 23 It is possible to maintain the high Q value by reducing the action of the gold bumps 26 to absorb the vibration of the vibrator portion 23.
- At least one gold bump 26 is formed in a region within a range twice as large as the thickness dimension tl (see FIG. 8) of the base 22 from the base end of the vibrator portion 23. Vibration is transmitted to the base 22 to prevent the occurrence of resonance frequency shift.
- the gold bumps 26 may be formed by so-called two-step bumps.
- a so-called dummy fifth gold bump may be formed on the second main surface of the base 22 so as not to make an electrical connection. In this case, of course, a dummy terminal portion to which the fifth gold bump is fixed by welding is formed on the supporting substrate 2 side.
- the second main surface in which the vibrator portion 23 constitutes the same surface as the second main surface (mounting surface) 22-2 of the base 22 A substrate facing surface) 23-2 is provided, and one end portion thereof is integrated with the base 22 and protruded in a cantilever shape.
- the transducer portion 23 has a predetermined thickness by being stepped down from the first main surface (upper surface) 22-1 of the base 22 as shown in FIG.
- the vibrator portion 23 is formed of a cantilever having a rectangular cross section which has a predetermined length and a cross sectional area and is integrally formed with one side peripheral portion of the base portion 22.
- the base 22 of the vibration element 20 has a thickness dimension tl of 300 / z m, a length dimension t2 to the tip of the vibrator portion 23 of 3 mm, and a width dimension t3 of l mm. It is formed with As shown in FIG. 9, the vibrator portion 23 of the vibrating element 20 is formed to have a thickness t4 of 100 / ⁇ , a length t5 of 2.5 mm, and a width t6 of 100 m.
- the vibrating element 20 vibrates according to a drive voltage of a predetermined frequency applied from the drive detection circuit unit 50 as described in detail later. Force The above-mentioned form force also vibrates at a resonance frequency of 40 kHz.
- the vibrating element 20 is not limited to the above configuration, but may be variously set according to the frequency to be used and the desired overall shape.
- each part of the base 22 and the vibrator part 23 can satisfy the following conditions to form the vibrator element 20. That is, the base 22 has a width dimension t3 larger than twice the width dimension t6 of the vibrator portion 23, and the center of gravity position of the base portion 22 with respect to the central axis of the vibrator portion 23 in the longitudinal direction It is formed in the area
- FIG. With this configuration, the vibrator portion 23 performs the vibration operation in a good state without breaking the balance between the left and right. Further, by forming the thickness dimension tl of the base portion 22 to be 1.5 times the thickness dimension t4 of the vibrator portion 23, the mechanical strength of the base portion 22 is maintained, and the vibration operation of the vibrator portion 23 is performed. It is possible to suppress the occurrence of the resonance frequency deviation.
- the vibrating element 20 has a substantially entire length in the lengthwise direction on the second main surface (facing surface of the substrate) 23-2 of the vibrator portion 23 as shown in FIG.
- a reference electrode layer (first electrode layer) 27, a piezoelectric thin film layer 28, and a drive electrode layer (second electrode layer) 29 are laminated.
- the drive electrode layer 29 and the detection electrode 30 constitute a second electrode layer.
- a reference electrode layer 27 is formed as a first layer on the second main surface (substrate facing surface) 23-2 of the vibrator portion 23.
- a piezoelectric thin film layer 28 having substantially the same length is formed on the reference electrode layer 27. Are formed in layers.
- a drive electrode layer 29 having substantially the same length and a narrow width is formed and laminated at the central portion in the width direction, and the piezoelectric thin film layer is sandwiched with the drive electrode layer 29 interposed therebetween.
- a pair of detection electrodes 30R and 30L are stacked on the electrode 28.
- the first lead 31A connecting the reference electrode layer 27 and the first terminal portion 25A is formed on the second main surface (mounting surface) 22-2 of the base 22 as shown in FIG.
- the third lead 31C is formed to connect the drive electrode layer 29 and the third terminal portion 25C.
- a second lead 31B connecting the first detection electrode 30R and the second terminal portion 25B is formed, and the second detection electrode 30L and the fourth terminal portion
- a fourth lead 31D is formed to connect with 25D.
- the leads 31A to 31D are hereinafter collectively referred to as leads 31 except when individually described.
- the base end force of the reference electrode layer 27 formed on the vibrator portion 23 is also integrally extended to the base 22 side, and as shown in FIG. 22-2) It is integrated with the first terminal portion 25A which is formed at one corner portion on the side where the vibrator portion 23 is integrally formed on 22-2.
- the base end portions of the drive electrode layer 29 and the detection electrode 30 are integrally extended at a slightly wide portion from the vibrator portion 23 to the base portion 22, and these wide portions are covered by the flat electrode layer 24.
- the second lead 31B is formed such that one end thereof passes over the flat surface layer 24, and is guided along one side of the base 22 to a rear corner facing the first terminal 25A. To be beaten Thus, the second terminal portion 25B is connected to the second terminal portion 25B.
- the third lead 31C is formed such that one end thereof passes over the flat layer 24 and is led to the rear side across the approximate center of the base 22 and the second terminal 25B along the rear end side. By being led to the opposite corner portion, it is connected to the third terminal portion 25C formed at this corner portion.
- the fourth lead 31D is also formed such that one end thereof passes over the flat layer 24 and is guided along the other side of the base 22 to the other front corner facing the third terminal 25C. By being pressed, the fourth terminal portion 25D formed at the corner portion is connected.
- the vibration element 20 has an appropriate number and an appropriate number of positions where the terminal portions 25 are optimized on the second main surface (mounting surface) 22-2 of the base 22. It is formed with The vibrating element 20 is of course not limited to the above-described configuration in which the connection pattern between the lead 31 of each electrode layer and the terminal 25 is described above, and the base according to the position and number of the terminals 25. It is appropriately formed on the 22 second main surface.
- the vibration protection element 20 is provided with an insulating protection layer 45 covering the base 22 and the vibrator portion 23 on the second main surface 21-2 side.
- the insulating protective layer 45 includes a first first alumina (aluminum oxide: AI 2 O 3) layer 46 and a second silicon oxide (SiO 2) layer 47.
- 3 layer structure which consists of 2 3 2 and 2nd alumina layer 48 of 3rd layer.
- terminal opening 49 is formed corresponding to the formation region of each terminal 25, and each terminal opening 49 is formed through each terminal opening 49.
- Terminal 25 is facing outward.
- the gold element 26 is formed on each of the terminal portions 25 so that the vibrating element 20 protrudes from the terminal opening 49 as shown in FIG.
- insulating protective layer 45 is a silicon substrate between the outer peripheral edge of each of base 22 and vibrator portion 23 and the outermost peripheral portion of reference electrode layer 27 and terminal portion 25. It forms so that 2nd main surface 21-2 of may be exposed like a frame. By leaving the exposed portion of the second major surface 21-2 on the outer peripheral portion of the insulating protective layer 45, peeling of the outer peripheral portion force is also prevented from occurring in the step of cutting out the vibration element 20 described later.
- the insulating protective layer 45 is formed to have a width of, for example, 98 m in the transducer portion 23 having a width t6 of 100 m.
- the first alumina layer 46 is formed with a thickness of, for example, 50 nm.
- the first alumina layer 46 acts as a base adhesion layer for improving adhesion with the base 22 and the main surface of the vibrator portion 23, and the insulating protection layer 45 is firmly formed on the vibrator portion 23 which operates in vibration. In order to prevent the occurrence of peeling or the like.
- the oxide silicon layer 47 blocks moisture and the like in the air to prevent adhesion to the electrode layers and the like, and also suppresses oxidation of the electrode layers, electrically insulates the electrode layers, and thin films.
- the mechanical protection of the electrode layer and the piezoelectric thin film layer 28 is achieved.
- the uppermost second alumina layer 48 has the function of improving the adhesion with the resist layer formed when forming the vibrator portion 23 by subjecting the silicon substrate 21 to an outer groove forming step described later, and etching Prevents the agent from damaging the silicon silicon layer 47.
- the silicon oxide layer 47 is formed at least twice as thick as the second electrode layer 42 and at a thickness of 1 ⁇ m or less.
- the silicon oxide layer 47 is formed on the first alumina layer 46 by sputtering in an argon gas atmosphere of 0.4 Pa or less.
- the insulating protective layer 45 having the thickness of the silicon oxide layer 47 described above, the insulating protective layer 45 exhibits a sufficient insulating protection function and prevents the occurrence of burrs during film formation.
- the oxide silicon layer 47 is formed with high film density by forming the film under the above-described sputtering conditions.
- the vibration type gyro sensor 1 in order to precisely position and mount the first vibrating element 20 X and the second vibrating element 20 Y of the same shape with respect to the supporting substrate 2, the supporting substrate 2 positions the lands 4. Recognized by the mounting machine.
- the alignment mark 32A on the first main surface (upper surface) 22-1 of the base 22, in order to be positioned and mounted to each land 4 recognized by the mounting machine.
- 32B (hereinafter collectively referred to as alignment mark 32) are provided.
- the alignment mark 32 is a metal foil formed on the first main surface (upper surface) 22-1 of the base 22 so as to be spaced apart in the width direction. It consists of a pair of rectangles. After the alignment mark 32 is read by the mounting machine and the mounting data of the position and posture with respect to the support substrate 2 is generated, the vibration element 20 is supported based on the mounting data and the data of the land 4 described above. Precisely positioned and mounted on board 2 Be done.
- the vibrating element 20 is not limited to a force application configuration in which the alignment mark 32 is formed on the first main surface of the base 22.
- the alignment mark 32 avoids the terminal 25 and the lead 31 on the second main surface (mounting surface) 22-2 of the base 22 in the same process as the wiring process, for example. It may be formed at an appropriate position.
- the alignment mark 32 is formed by reactive ion etching using an inductively coupled plasma apparatus used in an outer groove forming process for forming an electrode layer and a vibrator portion 23 of the vibrating element 20 as described in detail later. Preferably, it is positioned and formed in accordance with the reference marker used in processing.
- the alignment mark 32 can be formed with a precision of 0.1 m or less with respect to the transducer unit 23 by using a stepper exposure apparatus.
- the alignment mark 32 is formed by an appropriate method. For example, when the first main surface (mounting surface) 22-2 of the base 22 is formed by patterning the first electrode layer 40 composed of a titanium layer and a platinum layer as described later, reading is performed during the mounting process. When performing image processing, good contrast can be obtained and mounting accuracy can be improved.
- the vibration type gyro sensor 1 detects the displacement of the vibration element 20 due to the Coriolis force caused by hand movement or the like by the piezoelectric thin film layer 28 formed on the vibration element 20 and the detection electrode 30 as described later in detail. Output a detection signal. Then, when the piezoelectric thin film layer 28 is irradiated with light, a voltage is generated by the pyroelectric effect, and the pyroelectric voltage affects the detection operation to deteriorate the detection characteristic.
- the component mounting space 3 is shielded by the support substrate 2 and the cover member 15, and the characteristic deterioration due to the influence of external light is prevented.
- the outer peripheral portion is stepped from the first main surface 2-1 over the entire circumference so as to cut off the component mounting region 6, and the light shielding step portion becomes vertical wall force
- the cover fixing portion 10 is formed by configuring 9. Then, a cover member 15 formed of a thin metal plate with respect to the support substrate 2 is covered on the cover fixing portion 10 by resin bonding over the entire circumference.
- the component mounting space portion 3 is hermetically sealed to prevent dust and moisture and to form a light shielding space portion.
- Cover member 15 as shown in FIG. 1, is integrated with main surface portion 16 having an outer dimension sufficient to cover component mounting region 6 of support substrate 2 and the outer peripheral portion of main surface portion 16 over the entire circumference. It is formed in the whole box shape which consists of the outer peripheral wall part 17 formed bent. Cover member 15 is formed with a height dimension that constitutes component mounting space portion 3 that allows vibrator portion 23 of vibrating element 20 to perform a vibration operation in the state where outer peripheral wall portion 17 is assembled to support substrate 2. ing. In the cover member 15, an outer peripheral flange portion 18 slightly smaller than the cover fixing portion 10 formed on the support substrate 2 is bent over the entire periphery at the opening edge of the outer peripheral wall portion 17. ing. Although not shown, the outer peripheral flange portion 18 forms a ground convex portion, and is connected to the ground terminal on the control substrate 100 when the vibration type gyro sensor 1 is mounted on the control substrate 100.
- the cover member 15 is formed of a thin metal plate and holds the small and light weight of the vibration type gyro sensor 1, the light shielding property to the external light of infrared wavelength is lowered and the light shielding is sufficient. Sometimes you can not play a function. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the entire surface of the main surface portion 16 and the outer peripheral wall portion 17 is coated with, for example, an infrared absorbing paint that absorbs light of infrared wavelength to form the light shielding layer 19. Block the emission of external light of the infrared wavelength in order to make the vibration element 20 perform stable operation.
- the light shielding layer 19 may be formed by dipping in an infrared ray absorbing coating solution to form the front and back main surfaces, or may be formed by black chrome plating treatment, black dyeing treatment or black anodizing treatment.
- the cover member 15 is assembled to the support substrate 2 by superposing the outer peripheral flange portion 18 on the cover fixing portion 10 and bonding them with an adhesive. Constitute a component mounting space 3 which is sealed and shielded from light. However, external light may penetrate into the component mounting space 3 through the adhesive layer interposed in the gap between the cover fixing portion 10 and the outer peripheral flange portion 18 which are superimposed. Therefore, in the present embodiment, as described above, the support substrate 2 is formed to step-down the cover fixing portion 10 with respect to the main surface 2-1 via the light shielding step portion 9, whereby the adhesive layer is transmitted. External light is shielded by the light shielding step 9.
- the assembly process is rationalized by assembling the cover member 15 to the support substrate 2 in the same manner as the other components by the surface mounting method. .
- the cover member 15 is fixed on the stepped down cover fixing portion 10 of the support substrate 2, thereby achieving thinning and preventing the adhesive from flowing into the component mounting area 6.
- Ru the component mounting space portion 3 is configured as a dustproof and moistureproof space portion and is configured as a light shielding space portion, thereby suppressing the occurrence of the pyroelectric effect in the vibrating element 20 and performing a stable detection operation such as camera shake. Make it possible.
- the vibration type gyro sensor 1 is connected to the first vibration element 20X and the second vibration element 20Y, and is constituted by the IC circuit element 7, the electronic component 8 and the like. And a drive detection circuit unit 50Y. Since the first drive detection circuit unit 50X and the second drive detection circuit unit 50Y have the same circuit configuration, they will be collectively described as the drive detection circuit unit 50 hereinafter.
- the drive detection circuit unit 50 includes an impedance conversion circuit 51, an addition circuit 52, an oscillation circuit 53, a differential amplification circuit 54, a synchronous detection circuit 55, a DC amplification circuit 56 and the like.
- impedance conversion circuit 51 and differential amplifier circuit 54 are connected to first detection electrode 30R and second detection electrode 30L of vibrating element 20.
- An adder circuit 52 is connected to the impedance conversion circuit 51, and an oscillator circuit 53 connected to the adder circuit 52 is connected to the drive electrode layer 29.
- a synchronous detection circuit 55 is connected to the differential amplification circuit 54 and the oscillation circuit 53, and a DC amplification circuit 56 is connected to the synchronous detection circuit 55.
- the reference electrode layer 27 of the vibrating element 20 is connected to the reference potential 57 on the support substrate 2 side.
- the drive detection circuit unit 50 constitutes a self-oscillation circuit by the vibration element 20, the impedance conversion circuit 51, the addition circuit 52, and the oscillation circuit 53. Then, an oscillation output Vgo of a predetermined frequency is applied to the drive electrode layer 29 from the oscillation circuit 53 to cause the vibrator portion 23 of the vibration element 20 to generate natural vibration. Output from the first detection electrode 30R of the vibrating element 20 Vgr and the output Vgl from the second detection electrode 30L are supplied to the impedance conversion circuit 51, and based on these inputs, the impedance conversion circuit 51 outputs the outputs Vzr and Vzl to the addition circuit 52, respectively. The addition circuit 52 outputs an addition output Vsa to the oscillation circuit 53 based on these inputs.
- the first detection electrode 30 R force output Vgr of the vibration element 20 and the second detection electrode 30 L force output V gl are supplied to the differential amplifier circuit 54.
- the drive detection circuit unit 50 when the vibration element 20 detects a shake as described later, a difference occurs between the output Vgr and the output Vgl, so that a predetermined output Vda is obtained by the differential amplification circuit 54.
- the output Vd a from the differential amplifier circuit 54 is supplied to the synchronous detection circuit 55.
- the synchronous detection circuit 55 synchronously detects the output Vda, converts it into a DC signal Vsd, supplies it to the DC amplification circuit 56, and outputs a DC signal Vsd which has been subjected to predetermined DC amplification.
- the synchronous detection circuit 55 performs full-wave rectification on the output Vda of the differential amplification circuit 54 at full-wave rectification at the timing of the clock signal Vck output from the oscillation circuit 53 in synchronization with the drive signal and then integrates the DC signal. Get Vsd.
- the drive detection circuit unit 50 amplifies the DC signal Vsd in the DC amplification circuit 56 and outputs the DC signal Vsd as described above, whereby detection of an angular velocity signal generated due to hand movement is performed.
- the drive detection circuit unit 50 is configured to obtain the low 'impedance output Z3 when the impedance conversion circuit 51 has the high' impedance input Z2, and the impedance between the first detection electrode 30R and the second detection electrode 30L.
- the function of separating the impedance Z4 between the input Z1 and the input of the adder circuit 52 is provided.
- the impedance conversion circuit 51 described above does not affect the magnitude of the signal only by causing the impedance change between the input and the output. Therefore, the output Vgr of the first detection electrode 30R and the output Vzr on one side of the impedance conversion circuit 51, and the output Vgl from the second detection electrode 30L and the output Vzl on the other side of the impedance conversion circuit 51 are respectively identical.
- the size of In the drive detection circuit unit 50 even if there is a difference between the output Vgr from the first detection electrode 30R and the output Vgl from the second detection electrode 30L, camera shake detection is performed by the vibration element 20, the addition circuit 52 Output from Vsa Will be held by
- the vibration-type gyro sensor 1 detects the displacement due to the shake operation of the vibrator unit 23 which is not limited to the above-described drive detection circuit unit 50 but is inherently vibrated by the piezoelectric thin film layer 28 and the pair of detection electrodes 30. And may be configured to perform appropriate processing to obtain a detection output.
- the vibration-type gyro sensor 1 includes the first vibrating element 20X that detects the angular velocity in the X-axis direction and the second vibrating element 20Y that detects the angular velocity in the Y-axis direction.
- a detection output VsdX in the X-axis direction is obtained from the first drive detection circuit unit 50X connected to the first vibration element 20X, and a second drive detection circuit unit 50Y connected to the second vibration element 20Y
- the detection output VsdY in the Y-axis direction is obtained.
- the operating frequency of the first vibrating element 20X and the second vibrating element 20Y can be set in the range of several kHz to several hundreds kHz, respectively.
- FIG. 10 is a main process flow diagram for explaining a method of manufacturing the vibration type gyro sensor 1.
- the azimuth plane of the main surface 21-1 is the (100) plane, and the azimuth surface of the side surface 21-3.
- a large number of pieces are formed at once by using the silicon substrate 21 cut out to have a (110) plane as a base material, and then it is cut into pieces one by one through a cutting process.
- the outer dimensions of the silicon substrate 21 are appropriately determined according to the specifications of equipment used in the process, and are set to, for example, 300 ⁇ 300 (mm).
- the silicon substrate 21 is shown in FIG. As described above, the substrate is not limited to a rectangular substrate in plan view, and may have a circular shape in plan view.
- the thickness dimension of the silicon substrate 21 is determined by the workability, cost and the like, but the thickness may be at least larger than the thickness dimension of the base 22 of the vibrating element 20.
- a substrate having a thickness force of 00 ⁇ m of the base 22 and a thickness of the vibrator portion 23 of 100 ⁇ m and a force of 300 / z m or more is used as the silicon substrate 21, as described above.
- the silicon substrate 21 is thermally oxidized to form a silicon oxide film (SiO film) on the first main surface 21-1 and the second main surface 21-2, as shown in FIG. 33A, 33B (Hereafter, individual silicon oxide film (SiO film) on the first main surface 21-1 and the second main surface 21-2, as shown in FIG. 33A, 33B (Hereafter, individual silicon oxide film (SiO film) on the first main surface 21-1 and the second main surface 21-2, as shown in FIG. 33A, 33B (Hereafter, individual
- silicon oxide film 33 Generally referred to as silicon oxide film 33 except in the case described in. Is formed over the entire surface.
- the silicon oxide film 33 functions as a protective film when performing crystal anisotropic etching on the silicon substrate 21 as described later.
- the silicon oxide film 33 may be formed to have an appropriate thickness as long as it has a protective film function, but is formed to have a thickness of, for example, about 0.3 m.
- the manufacturing process of the vibrating element is the same process force as the thin film process of the semiconductor process, and the force of the first main surface 21-1 side of the silicon substrate 21 also forms the vibrator portion 23 of each vibrating element 20 as a predetermined thickness And an etching recess forming step of forming the etching recess 37 described above.
- a photoresist material is applied over the entire surface on the silicon oxide film 33 A formed on the first main surface 21-1 of the silicon substrate 21 to form a photoresist layer 34.
- a photosensitive photoresist material “OFPR-8600” manufactured by Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co., Ltd. is used as a photoresist material, and after applying this photoresist material The silicon oxide film is prebaked to remove moisture by microwave heating
- a photoresist layer 34 is formed on 33A.
- a masking process is performed on the photoresist layer 34 with the portions where the silicon oxide film openings 36 are to be formed as openings, and the photoresist layer 34 is exposed and developed. Apply processing In the photoresist patterning process, the photoresist layer 34 corresponding to each silicon oxide film opening 36 is removed, and the silicon dioxide film 33A is exposed outward as shown in FIGS. 13 and 14. A plurality of photoresist layer openings 35 to be exposed are collectively formed. Incidentally, as shown in FIG. 13, 3 ⁇ 5 photoresist layer openings 35 are formed in the silicon substrate 21, so that 15 vibration elements 20 are grouped together through each process described later. To be manufactured.
- the first etching step is a step of removing the silicon oxide film 33 A exposed to the outside through the photoresist layer opening 35.
- the first etching process employs a wet etching method of removing only the silicon oxide film 33A in order to maintain the smoothness of the interface of the silicon substrate 21.
- the force is not limited to this method.
- the ion etching method It may be an appropriate etching process such as.
- the silicon oxide film 33 A is removed to form a silicon oxide film opening 36.
- the first main surface 21-1 of the silicon substrate 21 is exposed to the outside.
- the side force of the silicon oxide film opening 36 also progresses, and a so-called side etching phenomenon occurs. It is preferable to control the etching time accurately so as to end when the capsule 33A is etched.
- the second etching process is a step of forming an etching recess 37 in the first main surface 21-1 of the silicon substrate 21 facing the outside through the silicon oxide film opening 36.
- the silicon substrate 21 is etched to the thickness of the vibrator portion 23 by a wet etching process of crystal anisotropy utilizing the property that the etching rate depends on the crystal direction of the silicon substrate 21.
- TMAH hydrooxide tetramethyl
- TMAH hydrogen oxide tetramethyl
- the second etching process uses a 20% TMAH solution in which the etching ratio of the silicon oxide films 33A and 33B on the front and back surfaces is larger as an etching solution, and the temperature is 80 while stirring this etching solution. C. and etch for 6 hours to form an etching recess 37 shown in FIG. 17 and FIG.
- the etching property of the side surface 21-3 is smaller than the first main surface 21-1 or the second main surface 21-2 of the silicon substrate 21 used as the base material.
- an etching is performed in which a (110) plane appears with a plane orientation at an angle of about 55 ° with respect to the (100) plane.
- the opening dimension decreases with an inclination angle of about 55 ° from the opening toward the bottom, and an etching recess 37 having an etching slope 133 of about 55 ° is formed in the inner peripheral wall. .
- the etching concave portion 37 constitutes a diaphragm portion 38 which is subjected to an outline cutting process described later to form the vibrator portion 23.
- the etching recess 37 has an opening dimension of a length dimension t8 and a width dimension t9 as shown in FIG. 17, and is formed with a depth dimension tlO as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 19, the etching recess 37 is formed by a space having a trapezoidal cross section whose opening dimension gradually decreases from the first main surface 21-1 to the second main surface 21-2 side.
- the etching recess 37 is formed by inclining the inner peripheral wall downward at an angle of inclination of 55 ° as described above.
- the diaphragm 38 has a width t6 and a length t5 of the vibrator 23 and a width t7 of the outer groove 39 formed in the silicon substrate 21 by cutting out the outer periphery (see FIGS. 36 and 36). And 37).
- the width dimension t7 of the outer groove 39 is determined by (depth dimension tlO x lZ tan 55 °).
- the etching recess 37 has an opening width dimension t9 1S (depth dimension t10 x lZtan 55 °) x 2 + t6 (width dimension of the vibrator portion 23) + 2 x t7 (the width dimension t9 1S) which defines the width of the diaphragm portion 38 It is obtained from the width dimension of the outer groove 39).
- the etching concave portion 37 is configured such that the inner peripheral wall is inclined with an inclination angle of 55 ° in the length direction as well as in the width direction by performing the above-described second etching process. Therefore, the etching recess 37 defines the length of the diaphragm portion 38.
- a rectangular diaphragm portion 38 having a predetermined thickness is formed in the silicon substrate 21 between the bottom surface of the etching recess 37 and the second main surface 21-2.
- the diaphragm portion 38 constitutes the vibrator portion 23 of the vibration element 20.
- an electrode formation step is performed with the second main surface 21-2 side of the diaphragm portion 38 as a processing surface.
- each electrode layer is formed on the second main surface 21-2 opposite to the formation portion of the etching recess 37, for example, by a magnetron sputtering apparatus via the silicon oxide film 33B.
- the first electrode layer forming step of forming the first electrode layer 40 constituting the reference electrode layer 27 through the silicon oxide film 33B, and the piezoelectric thin film layer 28 are constituted.
- each lead is formed on the formation site of the base 22 in accordance with the process of forming the first electrode layer 40 and the process of forming the second electrode layer 42 described above for the vibrator portion 23.
- a process of forming a conductor layer for forming the terminal portions 31 and the terminal portions 25 is performed.
- the first electrode layer forming step titanium is sputtered over the entire surface on the silicone acid film 33 B corresponding to the component part of the vibrator part 23 to form a titanium thin film layer.
- RF radio frequency
- the first electrode layer 40 has the effect that the titanium thin film layer improves the adhesion to the silicon oxide film 33 B, and the platinum layer functions as a good electrode.
- the first electrode layer forming process Simultaneously with the formation of the first electrode layer 40 described above, a conductor layer is formed which extends from the diaphragm 38 to the formation region of the base 22 to form the first lead 31A and the first terminal 25A.
- the piezoelectric film layer forming step for example, lead zirconate titanate (PZT) is sputtered over the entire surface of the first electrode layer 40 to laminate a piezoelectric film layer 41 having a predetermined thickness.
- PZT lead zirconate titanate
- the piezoelectric film layer forming process uses Pb (Zr Ti) 0 oxide as a target, for example.
- a piezoelectric film layer 41 formed of a PZT layer having a thickness of about 1 m is formed on the first electrode layer 40 under sputtering conditions of gas pressure 0.7 Pa and RF power 0.5 kW.
- crystallization heat treatment is performed by baking the piezoelectric film layer 41 with an electric furnace. The baking treatment is carried out, for example, at 700 ° C. for 10 minutes in an oxygen atmosphere.
- the piezoelectric film layer 41 is formed to cover a part of the electrode layer formed in the formation region of the base 22 extended from the above-described first electrode layer 40.
- a second electrode layer 42 is formed by sputtering platinum over the entire surface of the piezoelectric film layer 41 described above to form a platinum layer.
- a platinum thin film layer having a thickness of about 200 nm is formed on the piezoelectric film layer 41 under sputtering conditions of gas pressure of 0.5 Pa and RF power of 0.5 kW.
- a second electrode layer patterning step of subjecting the second electrode layer 42 formed in the uppermost layer to a patterning process is performed.
- a drive electrode layer 29 having a predetermined shape and a pair of detection electrodes 30R and 30L are formed.
- the drive electrode layer 29 is an electrode on which a predetermined drive voltage for driving the vibrator portion 23 is printed as described above, and has a length with a predetermined width in the central region in the width direction of the vibrator portion 23. It is formed almost all over the direction.
- the detection electrode 30 is an electrode for detecting the Corioliser generated in the vibrator portion 23 and is formed on both sides of the drive electrode layer 29 so as to be mutually insulated and maintained substantially in the entire length direction. .
- the second electrode layer 42 is photolithographically processed to form a drive electrode layer 29 and a detection electrode 30 on the piezoelectric film layer 41 as shown in FIG. Do.
- the corresponding portions of the drive electrode layer 29 and the detection electrode 30 are resisted.
- a layer is formed, and the step of removing the resist layer after removing the second electrode layer 42 at unnecessary portions by, for example, ion etching method etc., forms a pattern of the drive electrode layer 29 and the detection electrode 30.
- the second electrode layer patterning step is not limited to the caulking step, and may be employed in a semiconductor process using a suitable conductive layer forming step, such as the drive electrode layer 29 or the detection electrode. Of course, it is possible to form 30.
- the drive electrode layer 29 and the detection electrode 30 are formed so as to be the same at the root portion 43 which becomes the root of the vibrator portion 23 together with the tip portion as shown in FIG.
- lead connection portions 29-1 and 30R-1 which are widened at the base end portions of the drive electrode layer 29 and the detection electrode 30 which are matched at the root portion 43, respectively.
- 30 L-1 is patterned in the body.
- the second electrode layer 42 is patterned to form a driving electrode layer 29 having, for example, a length dimension tl2 of 2 mm and a width dimension tl3 of 50 m.
- the first detection electrode 30R and the second detection electrode 30L each having a width dimension of 10 ⁇ m and a pattern having a distance dimension of 5 m, with the drive electrode layer 29 interposed therebetween, as shown in FIG. Form.
- lead connection portions 29-1 and 30R-1 and 30L-1 each having a length of 50 m and a width of 50 m are formed.
- the drive electrode layer 29 and the detection electrode 30 are not limited to the above-described dimensional values, and are appropriately formed in a range that can be formed on the second main surface of the vibrator portion 23.
- a piezoelectric thin film layer 28 having a predetermined shape shown in FIGS. 23 and 24 is formed by the piezoelectric film layer patterning step of subjecting the piezoelectric film layer 41 to the patterning process described above.
- the piezoelectric thin film layer 28 is formed by subjecting the piezoelectric film layer 41 to a patterning process so as to leave a portion larger in area than the drive electrode layer 29 and the detection electrode 30 described above.
- the piezoelectric thin film layer 28 has a width slightly smaller than that of the vibrator portion 23, and the base end force is also formed in the vicinity of the tip end.
- the piezoelectric film layer 41 is subjected to photolithographic processing to form a resist layer at a corresponding portion of the piezoelectric thin film layer 28, and the piezoelectric film layer 41 at an unnecessary portion is exemplified.
- the resist layer is removed, etc., to form a piezoelectric thin film layer 28 shown in FIGS.
- the piezoelectric film layer 41 is subjected to the etching process by the wet etching method, but the method is not limited to the intensive method.
- the ion etching method or the reactive ion etching method RIE: Reactive Ion Etching
- the piezoelectric thin film layer 28 may be formed by applying an appropriate method such as, for example.
- the base end portion of the piezoelectric thin film layer 28 includes the drive electrode layer 29 and the detection electrode 30 substantially at the root portion 43 serving as the root of the vibrator portion 23. It is formed to be isomorphic. Then, the piezoelectric thin film layer 28 has a slightly larger area than the lead connection portion 29-1, 30 R- 1, 30 L-1 of the drive electrode layer 29 and the detection electrode 30 from the base end portion. — 1 is patterned on the body.
- a piezoelectric thin film layer 28 having a length dimension tl 8 slightly longer than the drive electrode layer 29 and the detection electrode 30 and a width dimension tl 9 of 90 m is formed by patterning.
- the terminal receiving portion 28-1 formed at the base end of the piezoelectric thin film layer 28 is 5 m around the lead connection portions 29-1 and 30R-1 and 30L-1 of the drive electrode layer 29 and the detection electrode 30.
- Patterned with a width dimension of The piezoelectric thin film layer 28 can be formed on the second main surface 23-2 of the vibrator portion 23 with an area larger than that of the drive electrode layer 29 and the detection electrode 30 without being limited to the above-described dimension values. It forms suitably in the range.
- a first electrode layer patterning step of subjecting the first electrode layer 40 to the same patterning process as the second electrode layer patterning step described above is performed.
- the reference electrode layer 27 is patterned.
- a resist layer is formed on the corresponding portion of the reference electrode layer 27, and the first electrode layer 40 at unnecessary portions is removed by ion etching, for example, and then the resist layer is removed.
- the reference electrode layer 27 is formed by patterning.
- the first electrode layer patterning step is not limited to this step, and the reference electrode layer 27 may be formed by using an appropriate conductive layer forming step employed in the semiconductor process. Of course.
- a reference electrode layer 27 having a width slightly smaller than the width and larger than the piezoelectric thin film layer 28 is formed on the second main surface of the vibrator portion 23.
- the base end portion of the reference electrode layer 27 has substantially the same shape as the drive electrode layer 29, the detection electrode 30, and the piezoelectric thin film layer 28 at the root portion 43 serving as the root of the vibrator portion 23 as shown in FIG. It is formed.
- the first lead 31A and the first terminal portion 25A at the tip of the first lead 31A are simultaneously patterned on the formation portion of the base 22 by being integrally pulled out laterally from the base end. It is formed.
- the length dimension t20 is 2.3 mm
- the width dimension t21 is 94 m
- the reference electrode layer 27 is formed around the piezoelectric thin film layer 28 with a width dimension of 5 m.
- the reference electrode layer 27 is appropriately formed within a range that can be formed on the second main surface of the vibrator portion 23 which is not limited to the above-described dimension value. Be done.
- the lead connecting portion 29-1 30R-1, 30L-1 of the drive electrode layer 29 and the detection electrode 30 corresponding to the formation portion of the base 22 through the above-described steps.
- the terminal portions 25B to 25D are formed, and the leads 31B to 31D integrated with the respective terminal portions 25 are formed.
- a planarizing layer 24 shown in FIGS. 27 and 28 is formed.
- the leads 31 B to 31 D for connecting the lead connection portions 29-1, 30 R- 1 and 30 L- 1 to the terminal portions 25 B to 25 D are terminals of the piezoelectric thin film layer 28. It is formed in such a manner as to pass around the end of the receiving portion 28-1 and the reference electrode layer 27 and to form the base 22 forming portion. As described above, since the piezoelectric thin film layer 28 is patterned by wet etching the piezoelectric film layer 41, the end of the etched portion is directed toward the second main surface 21-2 of the silicon substrate 21 so that the reverse direction is reversed. It is a tapered or vertical step. Therefore, when the leads 31B to 31D are directly formed on the formation portion of the base 22, disconnection may occur in the step portion. In addition, it is necessary to maintain insulation between the first lead 31A and the leads 31B to 31D drawn around the formation portion of the base 22.
- the resist layer formed on the formation portion of the base 22 is photolithographically processed to form lead connection portions 29-1, 30R-1, 301 ⁇ -1 and the first lead 31. And pattern the resist layer.
- the patterned resist layer is cured, for example, by heat treatment at about 160 ° C. to 300 ° C. to form a planarization layer 24.
- the width dimension t24 is 200 ⁇ m
- the length dimension t25 is 50 ⁇ m
- the thickness dimension is 2 m (Fig. 2). It is highlighted in 8. ) Is formed.
- the planarizing layer 24 is formed by using an appropriate resist layer forming step or an appropriate insulating material which is carried out in a semiconductor process or the like which is not limited to such a step. I do not mind.
- the wiring layer forming step of forming the second terminal portion 25B to the fourth terminal portion 25D and the second lead 31B to the fourth lead 31D described above is performed at the formation portion of the base portion 22.
- a photosensitive photoresist layer is formed over the entire surface of the formation portion of the base portion 22 and a photolithographic process is performed on the photoresist layer to form the second terminal portion 25B to the fourth terminal.
- An opening pattern corresponding to the portion 25D and the second lead 31B to the fourth lead 31D is formed, and further, a conductor layer is formed in each opening by sputtering to form a wiring layer.
- the photoresist layer is removed and the second terminal portion 25B to the fourth terminal portion 25D and the second lead 31B to the fourth lead 31D shown in FIGS. Pattern.
- this wiring layer forming step after a titanium layer or an alumina layer for improving adhesion to silicon oxide film 33 B is formed as a base layer, the electric resistance is low on this titanium layer, and the cost is low. Copper layer is formed.
- a titanium layer is formed with a thickness of 20 nm, and a copper layer is formed with a thickness of 300 nm.
- the step of forming the wiring layer is not limited to this process, and the wiring layer may be formed by various wiring pattern forming techniques generally used in semiconductor processes, for example.
- the insulating protective layer forming step of forming the insulating protective layer 45 is performed.
- the insulating protective layer forming step includes a resist layer forming step, a resist layer pattern forming step, a first alumina layer forming step, an oxidized silicon layer forming step, a second alumina layer forming step, and a resist layer removing step. And.
- a resist layer forming step and a resist layer pattern forming step are carried out, and as shown in FIG. 31, the forming portion of insulating protective layer 45 on the second main surface of silicon substrate 21.
- a resist layer 44 with an open position is formed.
- a photosensitive resist agent is applied on the entire surface of the silicon substrate 21 to form a resist layer 44.
- the resist layer patterning step the resist layer 44 is subjected to photolithographic processing to open a portion corresponding to the formation region of the insulating protective layer 45 and form the insulating protective layer forming opening 44A.
- the resist layer 44 is not shown, the corresponding portions of the terminal portions 25 are left circular.
- the first alumina layer 46, the oxidized silicon layer 47 and the second alumina layer 48 are laminated by sputtering, and the unnecessary sputtered film is removed together with the resist layer 44.
- a desired insulating protective layer 45 is formed by a so-called lift-off method which leaves a three-layered sputtering layer in the insulating protective layer forming opening 44A of the resist layer 44.
- FIGS. 32 to 34 only the respective sputtered films formed in the insulating protective layer forming opening 44A are illustrated, but it is also possible to form the insulating protective layer forming opening 44A on the resist layer 44. It goes without saying that sputtered films are similarly formed, and these sputtered films are collectively removed together with the resist layer 44 in the resist layer removing step.
- first alumina layer forming step alumina sputtering is performed to form a first alumina layer 46 inside the insulating protective layer forming opening 44 A described above as shown in FIG.
- the first alumina layer 46 is formed to have a thickness dimension t26 of about 50 nm, and improves the adhesion with the silicon substrate 21 and the drive electrode layer 29 or the detection electrode 30 as described above in the insulating protective layer formation opening 44A. It functions as a base metal layer.
- the step of forming an oxide silicon layer sputtering of oxide silicon is performed to form an oxide silicon layer 47 on the first alumina layer 46 described above as shown in FIG.
- the silicon oxide layer forming step since the argon pressure in the sputtering chamber is 0.35 Pa as the lower limit of the discharge limit, the argon pressure is set slightly higher than the lower limit value to 0.4 Pa and the oxidized silicon is formed. Then, a high density oxide silicon film 47 is formed.
- the silicon oxide film formation process has sufficient insulation protection function by having at least twice the thickness of the drive electrode layer 29 and the detection electrode 30, and the lift-off method has a low burr generation rate!
- sputtering of alumina is performed to form a second alumina layer 48 over the entire surface of the oxide silicon layer 47 described above as shown in FIG.
- the second alumina layer 48 is formed to have a thickness dimension t28 of about 50 nm, and improves the adhesion with the resist layer formed in the outer groove forming step described later, thereby forming an oxidized silicon layer by the etching agent. To prevent damage.
- etching stop layer 70 is formed on the first main surface 21-1 of the silicon substrate 21 as shown in FIG. 34 .
- the etching stop layer 70 does not form a predetermined edge shape due to plasma concentration on the side of the first main surface 21-1 when the outer groove forming step described later is applied to the silicon substrate 21. It plays the function of suppressing the occurrence.
- oxide silicon having a thickness of about 500 nm is formed on the entire first surface 21-1 of the silicon substrate 21 by a sputtering method.
- outer shape grooves 39 which form the outer peripheral portion of the vibrator portion 23 through the diaphragm portion 38 are formed.
- the silicon substrate on which the respective electrode layers described above are stacked and formed from the second main surface 21-2 side of the silicon substrate 21 facing the diaphragm portion 38.
- the external groove 39 is a substantially U-shaped through groove, with the root portion 43 on one side of the vibrator portion 23 as the starting end 39A and the other end portion 43 as the end 39B so as to surround the vibrator portion 23. It is formed.
- the outer groove 39 is formed with a width dimension t7 of 200 m as described above.
- the outer groove forming step is a first etching step of removing the silicon oxide film 33 B into a predetermined U-shape to expose the second main surface 21-2 of the silicon substrate 21, and And a second etching process step of forming an outer groove 39 on the exposed silicon substrate 21
- a photosensitive photoresist layer is formed on the entire surface of the silicon oxide film 33 B, and the photoresist layer is subjected to photolithographic processing to form the respective electrodes described above.
- a U-shaped opening pattern having an opening dimension equal to the outer dimension of the transducer portion 23 is formed so as to surround the layer formation region.
- the silicon oxide film 33 B exposed through the opening pattern is removed by ion etching.
- the silicon oxide film 33B can be removed in a U-shape by wet etching, but in consideration of the occurrence of dimensional errors due to side etching, ion etching is preferably performed. Be done.
- the remaining silicon oxide film 33 B is used as a resist film (etching protective film).
- the selection ratio to the resist film (silicon oxide film 33B) is obtained, and the outer peripheral portion of the vibrator portion 23 is formed of a highly accurate vertical surface. For example, reactive ion etching is performed on the silicon substrate 21.
- RIE reactive ion etching
- I CP Inductively Coupled Plasma
- a silicon substrate 21 is formed by using a Bosch (Bosch) process which is repeated to form a protective film forming process.
- a step of removing the etching stop layer 70 formed on the first main surface 21-1 of the silicon substrate 21 is performed.
- the etching stop layer 70 which is a silicon oxide film is removed by a wet etching process using ammonium fluoride.
- the etching stop layer removing step since the insulating protection layer 45 is also removed if the photoresist layer formed in the outer groove forming step described above is removed, the photo of the etching stop layer 70 is removed. Allow removal of resist layer.
- a polarization treatment step is performed in which the piezoelectric thin film layers 28 of the respective transducer elements 20 formed on the silicon substrate 21 are collectively subjected to polarization treatment.
- Cu wiring is used for polarization wiring for polarization processing. The Cu wiring can be removed without damaging each of the transducer elements 20 by being easily dissolved by wet etching after being subjected to polarization processing described later.
- the polarization wiring is of course not limited to the Cu wiring, and may be formed of an appropriate conductor that exhibits the above-described function.
- the Cu layer is formed by sputtering.
- the lift-off method is used in which the film formation is performed by the above method and the Cu layer attached to the unnecessary portion is removed together with the resist layer.
- the width of Cu wiring should be about 30 ⁇ m or more and the thickness of about 400 nm in order to secure conduction during polarization processing.
- the polarization treatment process can be efficiently performed by collectively connecting the respective transducer elements 20 to the external power supply through the application side pad and the ground side pad formed on the Cu wiring.
- the pads are connected to the external power supply by a wire bonding method, and energization is performed under the conditions of 20V-20 minutes to perform the polarization process.
- the polarization treatment step is not limited to the force conditions, and it is a matter of course that the polarization treatment may be performed by an appropriate connection method or polarization condition.
- a gold bump formation process is performed. Since the vibrating element 20 is surface mounted on the support substrate 2 as described above, the gold bumps 26 are formed on the respective terminal portions 25. In the gold bump formation step, a gold wire bonding tool is pressed against each of the terminal portions 25 to form a stud bump of a predetermined shape. In the gold bump forming process, so-called dummy bumps are also formed on the base 22 as needed. As another method of forming the gold bumps 26, there is a plating bump method described later.
- the plating bump method has a step of forming a plating resist layer 62 having a predetermined opening 61 on the terminal 25 as shown in FIG. 38A, and each opening by a gold plating process as shown in FIG. 38B.
- the method further comprises the steps of: growing a plated layer 26 to a predetermined height in the portion 61; and removing the plating resist layer 62.
- the thickness (height) of the gold bump 26 formed is limited depending on the conditions of the plating process, and the gold bump 26 having a desired height may not be formed.
- the first plating process is performed twice using the gold plated layer as an electrode. Just make a gold bump 26.
- the bump forming process is not limited to the above-described method, but may be performed by a semiconductor process. For example, it may be made to perform bump formation by a deposition method or a transfer method. Further, in the process of manufacturing the vibrating element, although not described in detail, in order to improve the adhesion between the gold bump 26 and the terminal portion 25, a so-called under bump metal layer such as TiW or TiN is formed.
- a cutting process is performed to cut each vibration element 20 from the silicon substrate 21.
- the corresponding vibration element 20 is cut by cutting the corresponding portion of the base 22 with, for example, a diamond cutter.
- the silicon substrate 21 is broken and cut after the cutting grooves are formed by the diamond cutter.
- cutting may be performed using the surface orientation of the silicon substrate 21 by grinding stone or grinding.
- the base 22 is made common, and the vibrator parts are integrally formed on the adjacent side faces of the base 22 so as to obtain a detection signal of two axes. This makes it possible to significantly improve the number of silicon substrates (waha) 21 compared to devices.
- the vibrating element 20 manufactured through the above steps is mounted by surface mounting method on the first main surface 2-1 of the support substrate 2 with the second main surface 21-2 side of the silicon substrate 21 as the mounting surface. .
- the vibrating element 20 aligns the gold bumps 26 provided on the respective terminal portions 25 with the opposite lands 4 on the side of the support substrate 2.
- the alignment mark 32 is read as described above, and the vibrator 20 is positioned with high accuracy by the mounting machine.
- the ultrasonic wave is applied to the vibrating element 20 in a state of being pressed by the support substrate 2, and the gold bumps 26 are welded to the opposing lands 4, whereby the first main surface of the support substrate 2-1.
- the IC circuit element 7 and the electronic component 8 are mounted on the first main surface 2-1 of the support substrate 2, and the cover member 15 is attached after the adjustment process described later is performed on the vibration element 20.
- the vibration type gyro sensor 1 is completed.
- a large number of transducer elements 20 each having the vibrator portion 23 integrally formed on the base portion 22 are collectively manufactured on the silicon substrate 21, and each of them is individually manufactured. Off I try to separate. Then, the first vibration element 20X and the second vibration element 20Y of the same shape are mounted on two axes different by 90 ° on the first main surface 2-1 of the support substrate 2 to detect the two axes. The vibration type gyro sensor 1 which obtains a signal is produced.
- each transducer portion 23 may vary due to the positional deviation of each transducer element 20 and other various process conditions. For example, when the cross-sectional shape of the vibrator portion 23 is formed in a trapezoidal shape or a parallelogram shape, vertical vibration force is deviated from the vertical rectangular vibrator portion 23 and the central axis line is deviated. On the other hand, the oscillating action is performed with the mass inclined to the small side.
- the adjustment process of correcting the vibration state is performed by applying laser processing to a predetermined portion of the vibrator unit 23 and grinding the side having a large mass.
- the vibrator portion 23 is cut at a predetermined longitudinal resonance frequency for each of the cut vibrator elements 20.
- the variation in the cross-sectional shape of the transducer portion 23 is confirmed by a method of vibrating and comparing the magnitudes of the left and right detection signals.
- a part of the transducer portion 23 that outputs a small detection signal is ground by laser processing.
- the oscillation output GO of the oscillation circuit 71 is applied to the drive electrode layer 29 to apply longitudinal resonance to the vibration element 20. Drive in state.
- the detection signals G10 and GrO obtained by the pair of detection electrode layers 30L and 30R are added by the addition circuit 72, and the addition signal is fed back to the oscillation circuit 71.
- the oscillation frequency of the oscillation circuit 71 is measured as the longitudinal resonance frequency fO based on the detection signals G10 and GrO which can obtain the detection electrodes 30L and 30R, and the difference between the detection signals G10 and GrO is measured as a difference signal.
- the oscillation output G1 of the oscillation circuit 71 is detected by the detection electrode 3 By applying the voltage to OL, the vibration element 20 is driven in the lateral resonance state.
- the detection signal Gr-1 obtained from the detection electrode 30R is fed back to the oscillation circuit 71, and the oscillation frequency of the oscillation circuit 71 is measured as the lateral resonance frequency fl based on the detection signal Gr- ⁇ .
- the transverse resonant frequency is equal to the transverse resonant frequency f2 obtained from the detection signal Gr-1 and the transverse resonance frequency f2 obtained also from the detection signal G1-1. Therefore, either of the detection electrodes 30L and 30R is connected. I hope you do it.
- the oscillation output G2 of the oscillation circuit 71 is applied to the detection electrode 30R to drive the vibration element 20 in the lateral resonance state.
- the detection signal G1-2 obtained from the detection electrode 30L is fed back to the oscillation circuit 71, and the oscillation frequency of the oscillation circuit 71 is measured as the horizontal resonance frequency f2 based on the detection signal G1-2.
- the frequency difference between the longitudinal resonance frequency fO and the transverse resonance frequency fl, f2 obtained by the above-described measurements is taken as the detuning degree, and it is determined whether the detuning degree is within the predetermined range. Further, in the adjustment step, it is determined whether or not the difference signal detected from the detection electrodes 30L and 30R is within a predetermined range.
- the adjustment processing position for the transducer unit 23 is determined from the magnitude based on the determination result of the degree of detuning and the difference signal described above, and laser irradiation is performed to partially grind the portion. Make adjustments. In the adjustment process, the same measurement and laser processing are performed until the detuning and the difference signal reach the target values.
- a laser device that emits a laser with a wavelength of 532 nm that can adjust the spot diameter is used.
- the adjustment process is performed by irradiating the appropriate portion in the lengthwise direction with respect to the vibrator portion 23 of the vibration element 20, for example, with respect to the ridge line site straddling the side surface and the first main surface 23-1. .
- the vibration element 20 performs rough adjustment on the proximal end side since the amount of change in adjustment by laser irradiation is smaller in both the frequency difference and the detection signal balance from the proximal end to the distal end of the vibrator portion 23. Fine adjustment can be performed on the tip end side.
- the vibration of the vibrator unit 23 when the vibration element 20 applies an AC voltage of a predetermined frequency from the drive detection circuit unit 50 to the drive electrode layer 29, the vibration of the vibrator unit 23 is unique. It vibrates with a number.
- the vibrator portion 23 resonates at the longitudinal resonance frequency in the longitudinal direction which is the thickness direction and also resonates at the transverse resonance frequency in the lateral direction which is the width direction.
- the vibration element 20 has higher sensitivity characteristics as the degree of detuning, which is the difference between the longitudinal resonance frequency and the transverse resonance frequency, is smaller.
- the vibratory gyrosensor 1 is subjected to the crystal anisotropic etching process and the reactive ion etching process to form the outer peripheral portion of the vibrator portion 23 with high precision, thereby achieving high detuning.
- the longitudinal resonance frequency characteristics are greatly affected by the accuracy of the length dimension t5 of the vibrator portion 23.
- the root portion 43 defining the length dimension t5 of the vibrator portion 23 is formed by performing the crystal anisotropic etching process, and the (100) plane of the diaphragm portion 38 and 55 If a "shift" occurs between the (111) plane which is the etching inclined surface 133 forming an angle of ° and the boundary line which is a flat surface, the degree of detuning becomes large according to the amount of this "shift". .
- the vibrating element 20 has a resist film pattern formed on the silicon oxide film 33 B at the time of such “displacement” crystal anisotropic etching treatment, and a resist film pattern at the time of reactive ion etching treatment. Misalignment is a cause. Therefore, for example, the vibration element 20 may be positioned by a double sided liner apparatus capable of simultaneously observing the first and second main surfaces 21-1 and 21-2 of the silicon substrate 21 in a process. . In addition, the vibration element 20 forms an appropriate positioning notch or mark on the first main surface 21-1 and the second main surface 21-2 of the silicon substrate 21, and the position of the other main surface with reference to these. Positioning may be performed by an alignment device that performs regulation. The vibration element 20 can be applied to the process of mounting on the support substrate 2 in response to the positioning.
- the vibrating element 20 In the vibrating element 20, the longitudinal resonance frequency and the transverse resonance frequency almost coincide with each other as long as the above-mentioned amount of “displacement” is smaller than about 30 m. Therefore, the vibrating element 20 is It is possible to suppress the deterioration of the detuning characteristic due to the substantial amount of “deviation” by performing the etching process with a little high precision, and it is manufactured with the above-mentioned correspondence using the alignment device as unnecessary.
- the Q value of the vibrating element 20 is determined by the fixing method and material of the supporting substrate 2.
- the vibration type gyro sensor 1 is stably and highly sensitive because it is mounted on the support substrate 2 by the plurality of gold bumps 26 each having a predetermined height formed by the vibration element 20 on the base 22 as described above.
- the vibration operation of the vibrator portion 23 is performed to achieve a high Q value.
- the influence of the Q value characteristics of the vibrating gyro sensor 1 according to the method of fixing the vibrating element 20 to the support substrate 2 is analyzed by FEM (Finite-Element Method) analysis.
- FEM Finite-Element Method
- the vibrator portion 23 is made of silicon material and is fixed to the support substrate 2 by the gold bonding layer (gold bump 26)
- the characteristic change due to the difference in the fixed method was analyzed by calculating (in this example, the amount of displacement mpp between the peak of the upper amplitude and the peak of the lower amplitude).
- FIG. 40 shows the result of fluctuation of the displacement of the transducer section 23.
- the displacement of the tip of the vibrator portion 23 gradually attenuates as the attenuation amount of Au increases.
- a second analysis was performed in the case where the vibration element 20 was bonded to the base 22 via the gold bonding layer 140 with respect to the support substrate 2.
- the change in the displacement attenuation ratio of the transducer portion 23 due to the change in the non-joining portion of the width d provided at the base end portion of the transducer portion 23 was analyzed, and the results shown in FIG. 41B were obtained.
- the vibration element 20 has the result that the displacement attenuation ratio becomes large when the width of the non-bonding portion of the gold bonding layer 140 is in the range of 200 ⁇ m to 300 / zm.
- the displacement attenuation ratio is a value corresponding to the mechanical quality factor Q value of the vibrator, and the larger the numerical value, the better and it oscillates at a high intensity at a specific frequency.
- this third analysis analyzes the change in the displacement attenuation ratio of the transducer portion 23 due to the change in the width e of the gold bonding layer 140 as shown in FIG. 42A, and the result shown in FIG. 42C is It was obtained.
- FIG. 42B analysis in the case where the vibration element 20 is joined to the base 22 via the first gold bonding layer 140A and the second gold bonding layer 140B to the support substrate 2. I also went.
- FIG. 42C shows the result of analysis of the displacement attenuation ratio of the transducer portion 23 due to the change of the width e due to one gold bonding layer 140 as a black square and the case where the second gold bonding layer 140 B is added.
- the analysis results of are shown by white circles.
- the vibration element 20 obtains the result that the attenuation ratio increases when the width e of the gold bonding layer 140 is in the range of 500 m to 700 m.
- a large damping ratio can be obtained even when the width e of the gold bonding layer 140 is small.
- the base 22 bonded onto the support substrate 2 by the gold bonding layer 140 is more than bonded on the entire surface. Joining in two places of the first gold bonding layer 140A and the second gold bonding layer 140B provides an analysis result indicating good characteristics.
- the base 22 is bonded onto the support substrate 2 at two points, the first gold bonding layer 140A and the second gold bonding layer 140B, as shown in FIG. 43A.
- the first metal is analyzed by analyzing the change in the displacement attenuation ratio of the transducer portion 23 using the width f of the non-bonded portion provided at the proximal end portion of the transducer portion 23 as a parameter.
- the optimum position of the bonding layer 140A was determined.
- the vibrating element 20 is optimized by fixing the base 22 with the first gold bonding layer 140A at the root position force of the vibrator portion 23 and the width f of the non-bonding portion being approximately 250 m as shown in FIG. 43B. The analysis result was obtained.
- the base 22 is formed on the supporting substrate 2 at two points, the first gold bonding layer 140A and the second gold bonding layer 140B, as compared to the fourth analysis described above. It is an analysis of the optimum position of the second gold bonding layer 140B.
- the vibration element 20 fixes the optimum position of 250 ⁇ m from the root of the vibrator portion 23 described above to the base 22 with respect to the first gold bonding layer 140 A, and the rear end of the base 22 for the second gold bonding layer 140 B The optimum position was determined by analyzing the change in the displacement damping ratio of the vibrator part 23 using the distance g from the above as a parameter.
- the vibrating element 20 is shown in FIG. As shown in FIG.
- the method of fixing the base 22 to the support substrate 2 is partial fixing rather than full surface fixing, or fixing at a plurality of positions than single position fixing. It became clear that the value characteristic could be obtained.
- a method of fixing the base 22 to the support substrate 2 is a pair of first metal layers 140A-1 and 140A-2 in which the root side of the vibrator portion 23 is separated in the width direction. It is an analysis in the case of a four-point fixing structure in which the fixing is performed by the pair of second metal layers 140B-1 and 140B-2 spaced apart in the width direction on the rear end side of the base 22 while being fixed.
- the second metal layers 140B-1 and 140B-2 are fixed, and the distance w between the first metal layers 140A-1 and 140A-2 and the distance h between the second metal layers 140B are set.
- the analysis of the optimal fixed position was carried out by analyzing the change in the displacement attenuation ratio of the vibrator section 23 as a parameter.
- the first metal layers 140A-1 and 140A-2 are provided on both sides in the width direction of the base 22 and fixed to the support substrate 2 with the opposing spacing as wl.
- the method is a first fixing method
- a method of fixing the first metal layers 140A-1 and 140A-2 to the center portion and fixing the supporting substrate 2 to the opposing substrate w2 is a second fixing method.
- the fixing method is the third fixing method.
- the vibration element 20 has a base 22 at a position close to the root of the vibrator portion 23 by the first metal layers 140A-1 and 140A-2 with respect to the support substrate 2.
- Analysis results show that optimization can be achieved by the fixing method that is fixed on both sides in the width direction of 22.
- the vibrating element 20 has a maximum when the base 22 is fixed to the support substrate 2 by the third fixing method.
- the seventh analysis as shown in FIG.
- the first fixing method is a method in which four gold bumps 141-1 to 141-4 are arranged side by side in a single row in a substantially central portion of the base 22 as shown in FIG. 47A.
- the second fixing method is a method in which four gold bumps 1411 to 1414 are disposed and fixed at the four corners of the base 22 as shown in FIG. 47B.
- the third fixing method as shown in FIG.
- FIG. 48A is a diagram showing the results of FEM calculation in which the horizontal axis represents the amount of attenuation of Au and the vertical axis represents the displacement attenuation ratio of the transducer section 23.
- FIG. 48B is the figure which showed the measurement result of displacement amount mpp of the vibrating element 142A-142C which employ
- the vibrating element 20 is such that the sample 142B with four corners fixed by the gold bumps 1411 to 1414 is resistant to attenuation. Configured.
- the eighth analysis based on the analysis results of the first analysis to the seventh analysis described above, the superiority in the case of fixing the vibration element 20 to the support substrate 2 at multiple points was examined. It is an analysis.
- the eighth analysis as shown in FIG. 49A to FIG. 49D, the first sample vibrating element 144A to the fourth sample vibrating element 14 4D in which the number of gold bumps 143 is different with respect to the base 22 are vibrated. Analysis of displacement damping ratio of child part 23 was performed and the result shown in Figure 50 was obtained
- the first sample vibrating element 144 A has four gold bumps 143-1-14-4 disposed at the four corners of the base 22.
- the second sample vibrator element 144 B is a total of five: four gold bumps 143-1-14-4 arranged at the four corners of the base 22 and one gold bump 14-35 arranged in the center.
- the gold bumps 143— 1 to 143— have five!
- the third sample vibrator element 144 C is located at the center of the gold bumps 143 on both sides of the four gold bumps 143-1-14-4 arranged at the four corners of the base 22 and the vibrator part 23. Therefore, a total of six gold bumps 143-1 to 143-6, each of which is arranged three by three in the lateral direction. Ru.
- the fourth sample vibrating element 144D has a total of six gold bumps 143-1 to 143-6 in which three pieces are arranged in the longitudinal direction along both sides in the width direction of the base 22!
- the support substrate 2, 171 is provided with the external load buffer structure including the first load buffer groove 12, 172 and the second load buffer groove 14, and the vibration element 20 is used.
- a stable angular velocity detection operation is performed.
- an offset voltage is applied to the output signal in advance, in order that the output signal has a value larger than the reference value depending on the angular direction of the vibration.
- FIG. 51 is a graph showing the result of measuring the fluctuation of the output voltage with respect to the function and effect of the buffer structure described above, and the smaller the fluctuation is, the smaller the fluctuation is, and the detection operation is performed in a stable state. It is supported to do In the figure, the vertical axis is the offset voltage value (X10E-4V), and the horizontal axis is the number of measurements.
- a vibration type gyro sensor in which the vibration element 20 is mounted without providing the first load buffer groove portion 12 and the second load buffer groove portion 14 in the support substrate 2 shown as a comparative example is in a fluctuation state indicated by ⁇ .
- the result of ⁇ is the result.
- the vibration-type gyro sensor 1B in which the terminal portion 25 is fixed to the individual mounting area 174 formed by the first load buffer groove portion 172 and the dividing groove 173 is a result of the mouth mark.
- the vibrating gyrosensor 1C in which the second load buffer groove portion 14 is formed on the second main surface 2-2 of the support substrate 2 is the result of the marking.
- the offset voltage value largely fluctuates with each measurement, and the external load affects the detection operation of the vibration element 20, and the detection accuracy Decreases.
- the vibration type gyro sensor in which the second load buffer groove portion 12 and the second load buffer groove portion 14 are formed has a stable characteristic in which the fluctuation of the offset voltage value is substantially eliminated.
- FIG. 52 is a graph showing a result of forming a frame-shaped first load buffer groove portion 12 having different groove depths on the support substrate 2 and measuring a change in offset voltage value in the same manner.
- the ⁇ marks indicate the measurement results of the vibration type gyro sensor in which the groove depth is 0: ⁇ , that is, the first load buffer groove 12 is not formed.
- the triangles indicate the measurement results of the vibration type gyro sensor in which the depth of the groove of the first load buffer groove portion 12 is 30 / z m.
- the mark shows the measurement result of the vibration type gyro sensor which made the groove depth of the 1st load buffer groove part 12 50 m
- the mouth shows the depth of the groove of the 1st load buffer buffer groove part 12
- the marks show the measurement results of the vibration type gyro sensor with the groove depth of the first load buffer groove 12 200 ⁇ m.
- the offset voltage value fluctuates at a depth of 12 ⁇ m or less at the first load buffer groove portion, and as a result, a stable characteristic can not be obtained. It became.
- the first load buffer groove portion 12 has a stable characteristic with almost no fluctuation of the offset voltage value at a depth exceeding 100 m.
- the space k having a depth k is formed on the main surface 2-1 of the support substrate 2 so as to face the vibrator portion 23 of the vibration element 20.
- the vibration space portion of height m (see FIG. 2) is formed between the vibrator portion 23 and the support substrate 2.
- the vibrator portion 23 vibrates.
- the vibration action of the vibration element 20 in the longitudinal direction and the lateral direction generates an air flow in the longitudinal direction and the lateral direction in the vibration space.
- the air flow in the longitudinal direction is reflected on the bottom surface of the gap configuration recess 11 and is reflected to flow to the vibrator portion 23 side of the vibration element 20.
- the air flow in the vertical direction exerts a so-called damping effect on the vibrator portion 23 which resists the vertical vibration operation of the vibrator element 20.
- the vibrator portion 23 vibrates in the vibration space portion of height m, which is the sum of the height of the gold bump 26 and the depth k of the interval configuration concave portion 11 as described above.
- the influence of the damping effect is reduced to vibrate with a high Q value. Therefore, in the vibration type gyro sensor 1, stable vibration detection with high sensitivity is performed by the vibration element in which the high Q value ⁇ is held.
- the thickness of the base 22 of the vibration element 20 is 0.3 mm
- the thickness of the vibrator 23 is 0.1 mm
- the opening size of the support substrate 2 is 2.
- the change of the height m of the vibration space portion and the change of the displacement attenuation ratio of the vibrator portion 23 are shown in FIG. Get the characteristics shown.
- the vibration element 20 is greatly affected by the damping effect with respect to the vibrator portion 23, and the displacement attenuation ratio is It will be about 0.8.
- the vibrating element 20 is in a state where a predetermined Q value can not be obtained, and the characteristics are degraded.
- the vibration element 20 As the height m of the vibrating space portion increases, the influence of the damping effect on the vibrator portion 23 is reduced, so that the displacement attenuation ratio of the vibrator portion 23 gradually increases. .
- the vibration element 20 When the height m of the vibration space portion reaches about 0.1 mm, the vibration element 20 hardly influences the damping effect on the vibrator portion 23, and a desired Q value can be obtained.
- the vibration space portion it is possible to freely vibrate the vibration element 20 whose height k is larger than the maximum amplitude amount of the vibration element 20, that is, 1Z2 of the maximum displacement amount at the tip portion of the vibrator portion 23. It is a condition.
- the maximum amplitude amount of the vibrator portion 23 is P from the above-described characteristic diagram, by constructing the vibration space portion satisfying the condition of k ⁇ p / 2 + 0. 05 (mm)
- the vibrating element 20 can be driven by the desired Q value.
- the main surface 2-1 and the second main surface of the vibrator portion 23 are formed by forming the interval configuration recess 11 of depth k in the main surface 2-1 of the support substrate 2.
- the vibration space having a height of m is formed as a whole between the substrate facing surface 23-2 and the present invention, the present invention is not limited to the configuration that is strong.
- the vibration type gyro sensor 1 may be configured, for example, by a rectangular groove which penetrates the support substrate 2 with the spacing configuration recess 11.
- the vibrating gyro sensor 1 enables the gold bump 26 to be formed to have a general size by a force application configuration, and the thickness can be further reduced as a whole.
- the vibration element manufacturing process as described above, a large number of vibration elements 20 formed by integrally forming the vibrator portion 23 on the base 22 are collectively manufactured on the silicon substrate 21 and each of them is separated. Do.
- a base 22 is common, and a vibrator unit is integrally formed on the adjacent side surfaces of the base 22 so as to obtain a detection signal of two axes, and a two-axis integrated vibration element
- a base 22 is common, and a vibrator unit is integrally formed on the adjacent side surfaces of the base 22 so as to obtain a detection signal of two axes, and a two-axis integrated vibration element
- a total of 60 vibrating elements 20 (two vibrating sensors 1 for 30 vibrating gyro sensors 1) were manufactured when using a silicon substrate of 3 cm square, as apparent from FIG. 54.
- a total of 1200 pieces (equivalent to 600 pieces) are manufactured, and in the case of using 5 inch diameter wafers, a total of 4000 pieces are produced. Individuals (2000 units) are manufactured.
- a total of 20 2-axis integrated vibration elements are manufactured when using a 3 cm square silicon substrate, 300 are manufactured when using a 4 inch diameter wafer, and a 5 inch diameter If used, a total of 800 will be produced.
- the vibrating element 20 greatly improves the yield of material and can reduce the cost.
- the first vibrating element 20X and the second vibrating element 20Y for obtaining two-axis detection signals are mounted on the two axes orthogonal to each other.
- the vibration operation of one of the vibration elements affects the other vibration element to take into account the occurrence of so-called interference between two axes.
- FIG. 55 shows the results of measurement of crosstalk when the first vibrating element 20X and the second vibrating element 20Y are mounted on the support substrate 2 with the direction changed.
- type 1 corresponds to the first vibrating element 20X-1 and the second vibrating element 20Y-1.
- the base portions 22 X- 1 and 22 Y- 1 are fixed and mounted at corner portions of the diagonal position of the support substrate 2 so that the transducer portions 23 X- 1 and 23 Y- 1 face each other.
- the base portions 22X-2 and 22Y-2 are fixed to the same corner portions as the first vibrating element 20X-2 and the second vibrating element 20Y-2, and the vibrator portion 23X-2 is provided.
- 23Y-2 are mounted on the support substrate 2 so as to extend along side edges orthogonal to one another.
- the base 22X-3 is fixed to the corner where the first vibration element 20X-3 is located, and the vibrator part 23X-3 is mounted on the support substrate 2 with the adjacent one facing the corner.
- the crosstalk value of the above-mentioned two-axis integrated vibration element (type 0) 60 is shown.
- the unit of crosstalk is dbm (decibel effective value).
- the crosstalk value of the type 0 vibrating element 60 is 50 dbm
- the crosstalk value of the type 1 vibrating element 20X-1 and 20Y-1 is ⁇ 70 dbm
- 20Y-2 was 1 60 dbm
- the crosstalk value of the type 3 vibrating element 20X-3, 20Y-3 was 72 dbm.
- an improvement of at least about lOdbm can be achieved with respect to the two-axis integrated vibratory element 60 of type 0 regardless of the mounting state.
- the vibration type gyro sensor 1 can suppress the interference signal between the two axes with respect to the detection signal to about lmV by providing the two independent vibration elements 20.
- the interference signal between the two axes with respect to the detection signal becomes about 10 mV, which degrades the detection characteristics.
- first vibration element 20X and second vibration element 20Y are arranged as type 1 and mounted on support substrate 2, thereby providing two axes. The result is the least interference.
- the first vibrating element 20X and the second vibrating element 20Y may be mounted at any position with respect to the support substrate 2, but the small IC circuit element 7 and a large number of electrons may be mounted.
- the mounting efficiency can be most improved by fixing and mounting the base 22 at the corner portion of the support substrate 2 as in each type described above.
- FIG. 56A and FIG. 56B are histograms showing the positional deviation (distribution of the deviation angle with respect to the central axis) of each transducer element 20, where the horizontal axis is the deviation angle (deg) and the vertical axis is the quantity.
- Fig. B shows the case where the outer shape of the vibration element 20 is recognized and mounted.
- the vibration type gyro sensor 1 as is apparent from the figure, high level recognition is performed by the alignment mark 32, so that each vibration element 20 has less variation in angular deviation occurrence with respect to the support substrate 2. The deviation angle is also mounted with high accuracy in a small range. Therefore, in the vibration type gyro sensor 1, each vibration element 20 performs a highly accurate and stable camera shake detection operation.
- the operating frequency of the vibrating element 20 can be set in the range of several kHz to several hundreds kHz.
- this two-axis angular velocity sensor (vibration type gyro sensor 1)
- the operating frequencies of the two vibrating elements 20X and 20Y (fx, fy
- the magnitude of the interference signal due to the frequency difference (fx ⁇ fy) was measured while changing d)
- the result shown in FIG. 57 was obtained.
- the horizontal axis represents the operating frequency difference (fx-fy) of the vibrating elements 20X and 20Y
- the vertical axis represents the noise component of the AC superimposed on the sensor output (DC) Vo (upper amplitude peak of AC waveform representing noise) And the amplitude between the lower and upper amplitude peaks), which is referred to here as inter-axis crosstalk.
- the frequency difference (fx ⁇ fy) When the frequency difference (fx ⁇ fy) is less than 1 kHz, the crosstalk value reaches 1500 mVpp or more and stable angular velocity detection can not be performed. On the other hand, the frequency difference starts to decrease significantly at 500mVpp around 1kHz, and can be reduced to 200mVpp at 1.4kHz and lOOmVpp at 2kHz or more. From the results of FIG. 57, it can be seen that the inter-axis crosstalk is significantly reduced by setting the frequency difference (fx ⁇ fy) to 1 kHz or more.
- the vibration type gyro sensor in the case where the influence is also caused by the crosstalk between the vibration element 20 and another electronic component (sensor or the like) incorporated in the main device side.
- a plurality of vibration elements are prepared in a drive frequency range of, for example, 35 kHz to 60 kHz, and crosstalk between the pair of vibration elements and other electronic components incorporated in the main device is avoided as well as between the pair of vibration elements.
- Select two operating frequency elements separated by 1 kHz or more (preferably 2 kHz or more).
- vibration element 20 is mounted on first main surface 2-1 of support substrate 2 via gold bumps 26.
- the cover member 15 is incorporated in the first main surface 2-1 of the support substrate 2, and the component mounting space 3 is shielded from the outside.
- the vibration type gyro sensor 1 manufactured in this manner is connected to the control substrate 100 on the main device side via the mounting terminal portion 116 as an external connection terminal portion formed on the second main surface 2-2 of the support substrate 2.
- the configuration, physical properties and the like of the control substrate 100 usually differ depending on the type of main device.
- the vibration type gyro sensor not only the type of the control board 100 but also it is necessary to always obtain predetermined characteristics.
- various other electronic components are mounted on the control substrate 100, distortion and stress are applied to the vibrating gyrosensor 1 with little force when the electronic components are mounted.
- reflow soldering is used to mount electronic components In this case, due to the thermal stress applied to the control substrate 100, as shown in FIG. 59, the force on the control substrate 100 side is also loaded on the vibration type gyro sensor 1, and the force between the vibrating element 20 and the support substrate 2 is applied.
- the mode is described in which the vibrating element 20 is mounted on the support substrate 2 via the single-stage gold bumps 26.
- the above-mentioned gold bumps have a bump structure of a plurality of stages, thereby reducing stress applied to the vibration element while securing the bonding strength, and achieving stability. High vibration characteristics and high reliability so that detection accuracy can be obtained.
- FIG. 60B shows an example in which two bumps A 1 of the same diameter are stacked to form a gold bump 26 a.
- the two-tiered gold bump 26 a holds the vibration element 20 at a position higher than the supporting substrate 2 as compared to the single-tiered gold bump 26.
- the external stress transmitted to the support substrate is attenuated by the multistage gold bumps 26 a and transmitted to the vibration element 20. Therefore, the vibration element 20 is affected by external stress, stable vibration characteristics are secured, and highly reliable detection accuracy can be obtained.
- the respective bumps constituting the multistage bump are not limited to the case where they are formed with the same diameter.
- FIG. 61A shows a configuration of a gold bump 26b in which two bumps Al and A2 having different diameters are stacked.
- a bump A2 having a diameter smaller than that of the bump A1 is disposed on the supporting substrate 2 side.
- the bump diameter of each layer can be appropriately set according to the required vibration characteristics, bonding strength and the like.
- each bump constituting the multistage bump is not limited to the two-stage structure.
- FIG. 61B shows the configuration of the three-step gold bump 26c. In this example, small The diameter bump A2 is sandwiched between a pair of large diameter bumps Al.
- a supporting substrate model on which a vibrating element is mounted via the gold bumps having the structures shown in FIGS. 60, 61A, and 61B is manufactured, and the vibration when a constant load is applied to the supporting substrate.
- the stress applied to the behavior change of the element was calculated by simulation.
- Each bump Al, A2 is manufactured using a general wire bonding tool.
- the diameter of the bumps Al and A2 is determined by the diameter (line width) of the wire (gold wire) used as shown in FIG. 62A, and a bump Al of 130 ⁇ m diameter is obtained with a gold wire with a line width of 38 ⁇ m.
- a bump A2 with a diameter of 90 m was obtained using a gold wire with a line width of 25 ⁇ m.
- Test conditions are as shown in Fig. 62B.
- a vibrating element 20T is mounted at the center of a square support substrate 2T with a thickness of 0.5 mm and a side of 7 mm, and the three corners of the support substrate 2T are fixed.
- the stress applied to the root of the vibrator was calculated by displacing a point by a fixed amount (10 m in this case) in the substrate thickness direction.
- the stress analysis software used is “ANSYS 5.7”.
- FIG. 63A shows the relative stress ratio in the other bump structures when the stress in the bump structure manufactured with one bump step and a wire diameter of 38 um is 1. It can be seen that the larger the number of bump steps and the higher the mounting height, the higher the stress damping effect at the bump joint where the stress acting on the transducer root is lower. In addition, the difference in the bump diameter of each step was not particularly different.
- FIG. 63B shows the relationship between the bump height during mounting and the change in output of the transducer.
- the output change mentioned here means the variation of the reference output before and after mounting for control mounting on the main device side.
- the sensor output change is significantly improved.
- the bump height is increased, the characteristics are stabilized, but the bonding strength is reduced, so that the use range is preferably, for example, up to about 100 m.
- the vibrating element 20 is mounted on the support substrate 2 via the gold bumps 26.
- the supporting substrate 2 is warped due to the stress received by the control substrate force on the main device side, this warping is Greatly affect the vibration element 20, and the vibration mode may change, resulting in a decrease in characteristics.
- the stable vibration mode of the vibrating element is maintained even when an external strain is applied, and the output accuracy is improved. I try to suppress the decline.
- gold bumps 26 were formed at four corner positions of the mounting surface 22-2 of the base 22, respectively.
- the magnitude of strain or stress transmitted from the support substrate side to the vibrating element depends on the size of the arrangement interval of the gold bumps 26.
- the larger L the larger the strain or stress applied to the vibrating element.
- the arrangement interval L2 of the gold bumps 26 is shorter than the arrangement interval L1 of the transducer shown in FIG. 64A.
- the upper surface 23-1 of the vibration element 23 is stepped from the upper surface 22-1 of the base 22 through the inclined portion 133 (see FIG. 19).
- gold bumps 26 located on the side of the vibrator portion 23 are provided in a region corresponding to the formation region of the inclined portion 133 in the mounting surface 22-2 of the base 22.
- the gold bump 26 located on the vibrator 23 side is a region corresponding to the non-forming region of the inclined portion 133 in the mounting surface 22-2 of the base 22. It is set up in
- the thickness can be gradually increased. Strain and stress can be transmitted to the transducer portion 23 as compared with the region corresponding to the formation region of the inclined portion 133 which becomes smaller. As a result, it is possible to suppress stress concentration at the root portion of the vibrator portion 23 and achieve a stable appearance of the vibration characteristic of the vibrator portion 23.
- the gold bumps 26 be provided at positions as far as possible from the vibrator portion 23. Further, by making the arrangement intervals of the respective gold bumps 26 as close as possible to each other, it is possible to make the distortion from the outside propagate to the tip of the transducer portion 23.
- FIG. 65 shows the output ratio of detection signals output from the left and right detection electrodes 30L and 30R of the vibrating element 20 with respect to the distance L3 between the gold bumps 26 at diagonal positions to each other.
- the measurement method is as follows: After mounting the vibratory gyro sensor in the center of a 5 cm square glass epoxy board as a control board by reflow soldering method, fix 3 points of the control board and apply weight to the remaining 1 point. The ratio of the left and right detection signals (1 for the same output) when distortion was generated was measured.
- the output ratio of the detected signal was measured by the same method as described above, and the result shown in FIG. 68 was obtained. As shown in FIG. 68, it is confirmed that the change in the detection signal is less likely to occur with respect to the external distortion in the range where the distance L4 of the root portion force of the vibrator portion 23 exceeds 150 m.
- the distance between the gold bumps 26 located diagonally to each other is fixed at 600 m.
- the vibrating element 20 is mounted on the support substrate 2 via the gold bumps 26.
- the support substrate 2 is warped due to the stress received from the control substrate on the main device side, the warp greatly affects the vibrating element 20 to change the vibration mode, which may deteriorate the characteristics. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the stable vibration mode of the vibrating element is obtained even when an external strain is applied between the supporting substrate 2 and the control substrate 100 or between the vibrating element 20 and the supporting substrate 2.
- the configuration of the load buffer layer is not particularly limited as long as it has a buffer function capable of absorbing external strain and suppressing propagation to the transducer element 20.
- the anisotropic conductive layer 80 may be a force anisotropic conductive paste, an anisotropic conductive adhesive, or the like for which an anisotropic conductive film is suitable.
- An anisotropic conductive material is a functional material that disperses conductive particles in a resin base material and develops conductivity in the pressure direction. It is preferable that the resin base material has appropriate elasticity even after solidification, and has a certain heat resistance to the reflow temperature (for example, 250 ° C.) of the component mounted on the control substrate 100.
- the flexible wiring substrate 81 As a flexible wiring board of this type, a flexible printed wiring board in which a wiring layer is formed on the surface (or front and back surface) of a heat resistant resin film such as polyimide is used. By utilizing the flexibility of the flexible wiring board 81, it is possible to absorb external distortion applied to the control board 100 and maintain desired characteristics of the vibration type gyro sensor 1.
- respective connection terminals joined to vibration gyro sensor 1 and control board 100 are formed on the same surface, and they are folded back on the back side to connect between them. .
- the mounting area of the vibration type gyro sensor 1 is reduced.
- the vibration gyro sensor 1 may be connected to one side, and the control board 100 may be connected to the other side. In this case, the mounting height of the vibration type gyro sensor 1 with respect to the control substrate 100 can be reduced.
- the mounting form of the vibration element 20 with respect to the support substrate 2 is different from the above-described examples, and the vibration element 20 is once mounted on the support plate 83 via the gold bumps 26.
- the vibrating element 20 is mounted in a floating island shape on the support substrate 2 by electrically and mechanically bonding the support plate 83 to the support substrate 2 via the anisotropic conductive layer 84.
- the structure is not particularly limited as long as the Q factor of the vibrating element is sufficiently obtained, such as a metal substrate such as aluminum or a ceramic substrate.
- the anisotropic conductive layer 84 has a function of absorbing the propagation of strain from the supporting substrate 2 side to the vibrating element 20 side, as in the above-described example.
- a recess 83 of a predetermined depth is formed in the mounting region of the support substrate 2.
- FIG. 73 shows one experimental result of the configuration of the present embodiment.
- the left and right detection signals of the vibrating element 20 are generated when the control substrate 100 is fixed at three of the four corners of a 5 cm square glass epoxy substrate and weight is applied to the remaining one point to generate distortion. The ratio was measured. From FIG. 73, in the case where the vibration element 20 is mounted directly on the support substrate 2, when a strain is applied to the control substrate by applying a load, the vibration mode changes and the left and right detection signal balance changes significantly.
- the vibration type gyro sensor 1 is mounted on the control substrate 100 via the anisotropic conductive film or the flexible wiring board, or the vibration element 20 is mounted on the support substrate 2 in a floating island shape. In the case, it is confirmed that the distortion given to the control substrate 100 is propagated to the vibrating element 20 as the signal change is small or hardly recognized.
- the vibrating element 20 is mounted on the support substrate 2 via the gold bumps 26.
- the support substrate 2 is warped due to the stress received from the control substrate on the main device side, the warp greatly affects the vibrating element 20 to change the vibration mode, which may deteriorate the characteristics.
- the vibration element 201 is formed to have a base 22 on which the gold bump 26 is formed and a cantilevered shape projecting from the base 22. And a vibrator portion 23.
- the base 22 On the mounting surface of the base 22, leads electrically connecting between the reference electrodes and driving electrodes 29 formed on the vibrator portion 23, the left and right detection electrodes 30L and 30R, and the gold bumps 26 on the respective terminal portions. 31 are formed respectively.
- the formation positions of the pair of gold bumps 26 disposed on the mounting surface 22-2 of the base 22 and on the vibrator portion 23 side A groove 86 is formed between the gold bump 26 bonded to the support substrate and the vibrator portion 23 to suppress the propagation of external distortion between the position (a) and the root portion (proximal end portion) of the vibrator portion 23 It has been.
- the vibrator portion 23 can be separated from the base portion 22 to reduce the influence of external distortion and secure a sufficient SN ratio (signal Z noise ratio).
- FIG. 75 shows the experimental results when measuring the change in the behavior of the transducer when strain is applied to the support substrate.
- the relationship between the formation depth of the groove 86 and the output ratio of the left and right detection signals was measured by the same measurement method as that of the above-described third embodiment. From the results of FIG. 75, it was confirmed that when the groove depth is 50 ⁇ m or more, more preferably 100 ⁇ m or more, the left and right detection signal difference disappears, and stable vertical vibration can be maintained.
- the groove depth of 100 m corresponds to the thickness dimension of the transducer portion 23.
- the formation position of the groove 86 is not limited to the case where the groove 86 is formed only in the vicinity of the pair of gold bumps 26 located on the vibrator portion 23 side as shown in FIG. 74, as shown in FIG. Similarly, similar grooves 86 may be formed on the other pair of gold bumps 26 located on the side of the vibrator portion 23 at positions crossing straight lines connected to the root portion of the vibrator portion 23.
- the shape of the groove 86 is not limited to a linear shape, and may be a bent shape, a curved shape, or the like. Further, for example, as shown in FIG. 74, by forming one end of the groove 86 so as to reach the side peripheral portion of the base 22, the effect of suppressing the propagation of external strain by the groove 86 can be further enhanced.
- the vibrating element 202 shown in FIG. 77 shows an example in which the formation positions of the gold bumps 26 formed on the mounting surface 22-2 of the base 22 are disposed close to each other.
- the grooves 86 for suppressing strain propagation are formed in a straight line only at a position which simultaneously straddles a straight line connecting each gold bump 26 and the root portion of the vibrator portion 23.
- the same effect as the configuration shown in FIGS. 74 and 76 can be obtained.
- the vibrating element 20 is supported via the gold bumps 26. It is mounted on the carrier board 2. As shown in FIGS. 78A and 78B, in addition to the vibrating element 20 (20X, 20Y), the IC board 7 etc. are mixedly mounted on the support substrate 2 and these parts are often mounted by reflow soldering. .
- the support substrate 2 is warped by thermal stress, which affects the vibration element 20.
- the vibration mode may be changed to deteriorate the characteristics.
- the support substrate 2 on which the vibration element 20 is mounted is reflow-mounted on the control substrate on the main device side, the joint portion of the IC circuit element 7 on the support substrate 2 is reflowed again, and It is conceivable that the warpage of the resulting support substrate 2 or the like affects the vibrating element 20.
- a groove 87 is formed so as to surround the mounting area of IC circuit element 7 on support substrate 2, and reflow mounting of IC circuit element 7 is performed.
- this kind of groove 87 may be formed similarly in the mounting area of other multi-legged parts which are only divided in the mounting area of the IC circuit element 7.
- FIG. 80 shows the relationship between the number of times of reflow of the support substrate 2 and the change in the output value between the left and right detection signals of the vibrating element 20 due to the difference in the formation depth of the grooves 87.
- the change in the output value on the vertical axis indicates the absolute value of the change in the output value between the left and right detection signals (0 before the riff opening) due to the change in vibration mode of the vibration element due to the propagation of strain.
- the IC circuit element 7 is in the vicinity of a corner different from the corner of the supporting substrate 2 on which the vibrating element 20 (20X, 20Y) is mounted. It was implemented. In addition, other electronic components 8 mounted on the support substrate 2 are also concentrated in the biased area. Was. Therefore, thermal stress and thermal strain are generated unevenly in the surface of the support substrate 2 at the time of reflow, and this causes uniform thermal stress and the like not to act on the mounting region of the pair of vibration elements 20X and 20Y. There may be variations in detection accuracy among the transducer elements.
- the main mounting area of the IC circuit element is defined in the middle area of the straight line connecting the mounting areas of the pair of transducer elements 20.
- the IC circuit element having a rectangular shape in plan view is set at the midpoint (symmetrical position) of the pair of transducer elements 20 as shown in FIG.
- it can be set within a certain area centered on the mounting area of the illustrated IC circuit element 7.
- a part of the mounting area of the IC circuit element 7 belongs to at least each quadrant. It may be in the area.
- the other electronic parts 8 are also shown in FIG. It is preferable to set in a distributed manner. As a result, the stress generated in the reflow process of the other electronic component 8 which is made different only by the IC circuit element 7 can be equally applied to the respective vibration elements 20.
- FIG. 83 shows the relationship between the number of times of reflow of the support substrate 2 and the difference in output between the pair of transducer elements due to the difference in the mounting area of the IC circuit element 7.
- FIG. 81 shows the configuration of the comparative example in which the IC circuit element 7 is disposed biased to the corner portion of the support substrate 2, the effect of the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. There was almost no difference in output among the elements.
- the supporting substrate 2 constituting the vibration type gyro sensor 1 is an electron such as a vibrating element 20 (20X, 20Y) or an IC circuit element on its first main surface 2-1.
- a component (not shown) is mounted, and a plurality of external connection terminal portions (mounting terminal portions) 117 mounted on the control substrate on the main device side are provided on the second main surface 2-2 on the opposite side.
- the wiring efficiency is better when the central portion of the support substrate 2 is used as a wire routing region of the internal circuit, so the external connection terminal portion 117 is disposed along the outermost periphery of the support substrate 2.
- the distance between the central portion O of the support substrate 2 and each external connection terminal portion 117 becomes large, and the distortion in the reflow mounting process of the support substrate 2 occurs. The amount will increase. Also, as shown in FIG. 84C, the external connection terminal portion 117A located at the corner of the support substrate 2 is closer to the support substrate 2 than the external connection terminal portion 117B located at the middle of each side of the support substrate 2. The center of O The distance is too long. As a result, the strain distribution acting on the surface of the support substrate 2 during the reflow mounting becomes uneven, and in particular, the strain is concentrated on the external connection terminal portions 117A near the diagonal positions (four corners).
- the vibration element 20 on the support substrate 2 is easily affected when a large amount of distortion easily occurs during the reflow mounting of the support substrate 2. It was
- the plurality of external connection terminal portions 117 formed on the second main surface 2-2 of the support substrate 2 have the same circle on the support substrate 2.
- the circumference is considered as the main formation area of each.
- the external connection terminal portions 117 are formed at equal angular intervals on the circumference of a radius r centered on the center O of the support substrate 2.
- the radius of the circumference! Of the external connection terminal 117 is set as small as possible, taking into consideration the required mounting accuracy (parallelism after mounting, distance between terminals), etc. Is preferred.
- the vibrating element 20 is supported more than the area where the external connection terminal portion 117 is formed. It is preferable to mount on the outer peripheral side of the holding substrate 2.
- the distortion amount acting on the support substrate 2 is smaller on the outer circumferential side than on the inner circumferential side than the formation region of the external connection terminal portion 117 !. Thereby, the influence on the vibrating element 20 can be reduced.
- the external connection terminal portions 117 are disposed on the same circumference !, preferably! /, But not limited to this! /.
- the vibrating elements 20 may be arranged on the circumference on which the respective external connection terminal portions 117 are arranged. However, as shown in FIG. 87, the vibrating element 20 is mounted at a position not directly above the external connection terminal portion 117 as shown in FIG. 88, rather than being mounted immediately above the external connection terminal portion 117. preferable.
- the vibration element 20 When an external impact or the like is transmitted to the support substrate 2 via the external connection terminal portions 117, when the vibration element 20 is mounted at a position immediately above the external connection terminal portion 117, the vibration element The amount of strain to which 20 is subjected is also a force that may make it impossible to obtain stability in the vibration mode.
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