WO2007024911A2 - Pressure sensors and methods of making the same - Google Patents
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- Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) based pressure sensors are being incorporated into such diverse equipment as medical instruments, laboratory instruments, industrial equipment, and automotive circuitry.
- MEMS Microelectromechanical systems
- a significant number of applications are becoming important where pressure sensor devices are exposed to harsh environments.
- Such environments include solvent mixtures (e.g., fuel), water (e.g., salt water), acids, and bases. End users of pressure sensors have found that standard devices fail in such environments.
- one type of pressure sensor measures absolute pressure.
- the absolute pressure sensor is made by forming a cavity within a first silicon wafer and then attaching a second silicon wafer to the first wafer and thinning the second wafer above the cavity, thereby providing a diaphragm over a sealed chamber.
- Piezoresistors formed on or adjacent to the diaphragm measure pressure by sensing how much the pressure acting on the front side of the diaphragm deflects the diaphragm into the sealed chamber.
- corrosion upon exposure to a harsh environment, corrosion often occurs, for example, at interconnects of the piezoresistors, which causes the absolute pressure sensor to degrade or fail.
- a pressure sensor includes a base substrate silicon fusion bonded to a cap substrate with a chamber disposed between the base substrate and the cap substrate.
- Each of the base substrate and the cap substrate include silicon.
- the base substrate includes walls defining a cavity and a diaphragm portion positioned over the cavity, wherein the cavity is open to an environment to be sensed.
- the chamber is hermetically sealed from the environment.
- One embodiment of a method of making a pressure sensor includes forming an oxide layer and a nitride layer on a base substrate, implanting or diffusing a p-type dopant into the base substrate to form each of a piezo-resistor and a conductive pathway such that the oxide layer and the nitride layer cover each of the piezo-resistor and the conductive pathway, silicon fusion bonding a cap substrate including a cap cavity to the base substrate to hermetically seal the cavity to form a chamber, etching away a portion of the base substrate to form a base cavity defined by walls created by the etching and diaphragm portion of the base substrate.
- the base substrate is an n-type substrate comprising silicon with the oxide layer disposed on the base substrate and the nitride layer disposed on the oxide layer.
- the cap substrate includes silicon.
- the conductive pathway is in electrical communication with the piezo-resistor, wherein piezo-resistor is disposed in physical communication with the diaphragm portion.
- Figure 1 is a cross sectional view of an embodiment of a backside absolute pressure sensor.
- Figures 2(a)-2(j) collectively illustrate an exemplary method of making the embodiment of the backside absolute pressure sensor illustrated in Figure 1.
- Figure 3 is a cross sectional view of another embodiment of a backside absolute pressure sensor.
- Figures 4(a)-4(h) collectively illustrate an exemplary method of making the embodiment of the backside absolute pressure sensor illustrated in Figure 3.
- Figure 5 is an embodiment of a differential pressure sensor. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
- a backside microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) based pressure sensor (hereinafter referred to as a pressure sensor) including a first substrate (wafer) and second substrate (wafer), which are silicon fusion bonded together, allows the pressure sensor to be operated in harsh environments (e.g., solvent mixtures (e.g., fuel), water (e.g., salt water), acids, and bases).
- harsh environments e.g., solvent mixtures (e.g., fuel), water (e.g., salt water), acids, and bases).
- the pressure sensors are backside pressure sensors, in which piezoresistors (also referred to a piezo-resistive elements) are disposed on, in, or proximate to (hereinafter "on" for convenience in discussion) a side of a diaphragm formed by one of the substrates opposite a side of the diaphragm exposed to the environment.
- the pressure sensors can be an absolute pressure sensor or a differential pressure sensor.
- the absolute pressure sensor 100 includes a base substrate 12, a cap substrate 14, and a chamber 16 disposed therebetween.
- the base substrate 12 and the cap substrate 14 each include silicon.
- the base substrate 12 and the cap substrate 14 each are a multi-layer structure (e.g., a silicon-on-insulator type wafer).
- the base substrate 12 and the cap substrate 14 are each a single-layer structure. It is advantageously noted that use of the single-layer structure can reduce the cost of the sensor compared to multilayer structures.
- the base substrate 12 is an n-type substrate.
- the silicon of the base substrate 12 is doped with an n-type dopant (e.g., phosphorous).
- the cap substrate 14 can be either an n-type substrate or a p-type substrate.
- the cap substrate 14 can be doped with a similar or different n-type dopant as that employed in the base substrate 12.
- the cap substrate 14 is doped with a p-type dopant (e.g., boron).
- the base substrate 12 includes a cavity 18, which is defined by walls created in a support portion 20 of the base substrate 12 and defined on a third side by a diaphragm portion 22 of the base substrate 12. Stated another way, the diaphragm portion is disposed over the cavity 18. Further, the cavity 18 exposes a first (environmental) side 24 of the diaphragm portion 22 to an environment to be sensed. For example, during operation the environment exerts a pressure, illustrated as line P, against the first side 24 of the diaphragm portion 22.
- the diaphragm portion 22 includes a thickness sufficient to allow the diaphragm to deflect under pressure from the environment. Piezo-resistive elements 26 are disposed on a second surface 28 of the diaphragm portion 22.
- the piezo-resistive elements 26 are disposed in a region of the diaphragm portion 22 that has the greatest stress during flexure of the diaphragm portion 22.
- the piezo-resistive elements 26 each include a resistance that varies with mechanical stress. The number, type, and arrangement of each piezo-resistive element 26 vary depending on the application.
- the piezo-resistive elements 26 are arranged in a Wheatstone bridge circuit. During operation, the piezo-resistive elements 26 measure the flexion of the diaphragm portion 22 due the pressure form the environment. Suitable materials for the piezo-resistive element include, but are not limited, to p-type dopants (e.g., boron).
- the conductive pathway 30 includes any electrical conductive material.
- the conductive pathway 30 can include a portion of the base substrate 12, which has been doped with a p-type dopant.
- the conductive pathway 30 is disposed in electrical communication with an electrode 32, which is sometimes referred to as a wire bond pad, and the like.
- Suitable materials for the electrode 32 include metals (e.g., aluminum, titanium, platinum, gold, and combinations comprising at least one of the foregoing), alloys, and the like.
- the conductive pathway 30 is disposed in physical communication with the base portion 12.
- a first oxide layer 34 e.g., a silicon dioxide layer
- the first oxide layer 34 can be disposed on the conductive pathway 30 and at least a portion of the base substrate 12 (e.g., the second side of the diaphragm portion 22). Through holes are disposed in the first oxide layer 34 to allow electrical communication between the electrode 32 and the conductive pathway 30.
- first nitride layer 36 Disposed in physical communication with the first oxide layer 34 is first nitride layer 36. Through holes are disposed in the first nitride layer 36 corresponding to the location of the through holes disposed in the first oxide layer 34 to allow electrical communication between the electrode 32 and the conductive pathway 30. Without wanting be bound by theory, the first oxide layer 34 and the first nitride layer 36 each act as insulating layers and/or protective layers for the conductive pathway 30 and the piezo-resistive element 26.
- the first nitride layer 36 includes nitrides, including, but not limited to, silicon nitride.
- a second oxide layer 38 and a second nitride layer 40 are respectively disposed on a surface 42 of the base substrate 12, which is opposite, for example, the second side 28 of the diaphragm portion 22. These layers respectively include similar materials to those discussed in relation to first oxide layer 24 and first nitride layer 36. Further, the second oxide layer 38 and second nitride layer 40 each act as a protective coating during formation of cavity 18.
- the base substrate 12 is silicon fusion bonded to the cap substrate 14 such that a chamber 16 is formed therebetween, which is hermetically sealed from a surrounding environment.
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- the base substrate 12 and the cap substrate 14 are bonded together in a vacuum such that chamber 16 is a vacuum chamber, which functions as a zero pressure reference when the diaphragm portion 22 is exposed to the environment.
- the chamber 18 is formed by a cavity in the cap substrate 14.
- a cavity can be disposed in the base substrate 12 to form the chamber 16.
- the length and width of the cavity forming chamber 16 is selected to correspond to at least a length and width of the diaphragm portion 22.
- the width of the cavity can be substantially uniform (e.g., the walls are substantially straight) or the walls of the cavity can converge toward the diaphragm portion 22 (e.g. the walls are tapered).
- Figures 2(a)-(j) collectively illustrate an exemplary method of making the embodiment of the backside absolute pressure sensor in Figure 1.
- the piezo-resistive element 26 and the conductive pathway 30 are formed on a surface of the base substrate 12 by, for example, ion implantation, diffusion, and the like. Materials for the piezo-resistive element 26 and conductive pathway 30 include those materials discussed above.
- Figure 2(b) illustrates the selective etching away of a portion of the nitride layer 36 to form a bond area (e.g., a bond ring), which is followed by reoxidizing of the base substrate 12 to generate a thicker oxide portion of the first oxidizing layer in the bond area relative to the thickness of the first oxidizing layer 34 prior to etching and oxidizing.
- Figure 2(c) illustrates the etching away a portion of the nitride layer 36, while leaving the oxide layer 34, at a location corresponding to the location of electrodes 32.
- Figure 2(d) illustrates the cap substrate 14 including two step heights, which are formed on the cap substrate 14 by, for example, deep reactive ion etching. The step heights correspond to the desired size of the chamber 16 and are located to correspond to the bond area on the base substrate 12.
- Figure 2(e) illustrates the base substrate 12 being silicon fusion bonded to the cap substrate 14, which is an important feature in making the absolute pressure sensor 100.
- the base substrate 12 and the cap substrate 14 are bonded without any intermediate bond, alloy, adhesive, and the like.
- silicon fusion bonding refers to the bonding of silicon to silicon or any combination of bonding silicon to a silicon oxide.
- the silicon fusion bonding has a bond width of about 100 micrometers to about 150 micrometers. The use of silicon fusion bonding allows the pressure sensor 100 to have an active life of at least 10 years, which advantageously allows the absolute pressure sensor 100 to be employed in automotive applications.
- the overall cost of the absolute pressure sensor can be reduced compared to other devices that employ other bonding technologies.
- a silicon substrate which is bonded to another silicon substrate using an intermediate layer, has the additional costs associated with the bond material and added processing costs compared to silicon fusion bonding.
- the cost of glass substrates and silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrates are generally more expensive than the cost of standard silicon substrates. In a competitive market, any reduction in cost, while maintaining or increasing performance, is desirable in gaining market share.
- Figure 2(f) illustrates the cap substrate 14 being thinned down using grinding and polishing to reduce the overall thickness of the cap substrate 14.
- the overall thickness of cap substrate 14 is up to about 400 micrometers, particularly about 50 micrometers to about 150 micrometers.
- a reduction in material corresponds to a reduction in the overall cost of the device.
- a reduction in size in a pressure sensor allows the pressure sensor to be employed in a wider range of applications.
- Figure 2(g) illustrates a window being formed into the second oxide layer 38 and the second nitride layer 40 by selectively removing a portion of each layer using an etchant similar to the etchant discussed above in relation to the selective removal of first oxide layer 36.
- the cap layer is formed into a final shape, by for example etching.
- Figure 2(i) illustrates electrodes 32 being formed by metallization in the area where a window (e.g., a through hole) is formed in each of the first oxide layer 34 and first nitride layer 26. Suitable metallization techniques include, but are not limited to, sputtering and electron beam evaporation deposition.
- Figure 2(j) illustrates the window formed in the second oxide layer 38 and the second nitride layer 40 being further opened (deepened) by for example, by etching, to form the cavity 18 and the diaphragm portion 22.
- the cavity 18 is formed using an anisotropic etchant. Suitable anisotropic etchants include, but are not limited to, potassium hydroxide (KOH), tetramethyl ammonium hydroxide (TMAH), ethylene diamine pyrocatechol (EDP), and the like.
- KOH potassium hydroxide
- TMAH tetramethyl ammonium hydroxide
- EDP ethylene diamine pyrocatechol
- the anisotropic etching forms the cavity 18 in the base substrate 12 having walls which generally converge from the surface 42 toward the first side 24 of the diaphragm portion 22 formed by the cavity 18.
- an embodiment of an absolute pressure sensor generally designated 200, is illustrated. While the arrangement of the components of the absolute pressure sensor 200 are substantially the same as the arrangement illustrated by absolute pressure sensor 100, this embodiment is included herein to highlight that the shape of the chamber 16 and the shape of each substrate (e.g., cap substrate 14) can vary. Further, while the chamber 16 is disposed between the base substrate 12 and the cap substrate 14, the chamber 16 can be formed by a cavity in the base substrate 12, a cavity in the cap substrate 14, or a combination of the foregoing. In this example, the shape of the chamber 16 corresponds to the shape of the cap substrate 14.
- Figures 4(a)-4(h) collectively illustrate an exemplary method of making the embodiment of the backside absolute pressure sensor illustrated in Figure 3.
- Figure 4(a) illustrates a window being opened into the first oxide layer 34, which is further etched as illustrated in Figure 4(b).
- an anisotropic etchant e.g., KOH, TMAH, EDP, and the like
- KOH, TMAH, EDP, and the like can be used to form a cavity in the base substrate 12 having tapered walls.
- An oxide is regrown in the etched area as illustrated in Figure 4(c).
- the piezo-resistive element 26 and the conductive pathway 30 are formed on a surface of the base substrate 12 by ion implantation, diffusion, and the like.
- FIG. 4(e) illustrates the base substrate 12 being silicon fusion bonded to the cap substrate 14.
- Figure 4(f) illustrates a silicon nitride being disposed over the first oxide layer 34 and over an outer surface of the cap substrate 14.
- Figure 4(g) illustrates electrodes 32 being formed by metallization such that the electrodes electrically communicate with the conductive pathway 30. Suitable metallization techniques include those metallization techniques discussed above.
- Figure 4(h) illustrates the second oxide layer 38 and the second nitride layer 40 being etched to form cavity 18 and diaphragm portion 22.
- the differential pressure sensor 300 includes a similar arrangement of components discussed in relation to absolute pressure sensors 100 and 200, with the exception that the differential pressure 300 further includes a cavity 44 disposed through the cap substrate 14.
- the cavity 44 exposes the chamber 16 to the environment, which allows pressure to act on the diaphragm portion 22 from both the first side 24 and the second side 28. More particularly, in operation, the diaphragm portion 22 flexes in proportion to the difference in pressure from P and P 2 .
- the piezo-resistive elements 26 measure the flexion of the diaphragm portion 22 due that difference in pressure from P and P 2 .
- the absolute pressure sensors 100 and 200 can each be made into a differential pressure sensor 300 by etching the cavity 44 into the cap substrate 14. Suitable etchants include, but are not limited to, KOH and TMAH.
- the resulting differential pressure sensor 300 can be fixed to a ceramic substrate by solder bumping and the like.
- a solder bump shown as an elliptical shape
- the method of forming the differential pressure sensor 300 advantageously mitigates debris and the like from being disposed in the cavity 44, which can potentially build up and block the cavity 44.
- the absolute pressure sensors disclosed herein include a silicon fusion bond between a base substrate and a cap substrate. Further, the absolute pressure sensors are backside absolute pressure sensors.
- the silicon fusion bond provides a bond strength superior to other bonding techniques (e.g., an intermediate glass frit bond, an adhesive bond, and the like), which allows the pressure sensor to have a useful life of at least 10 years. Further, as briefly mentioned above, silicon fusion bonding also allows the pressure sensor to be constructed at a reduced cost compared to some present day sensors, which can offer a significant commercial advantage.
- the absolute pressure sensors as a backside pressure sensors, the pressure sensors can advantageously be employed in harsh environments, since the piezo-resistive elements and conductive pathways are shielded from the environment. Again, this construction can increase the useful life of the pressure sensor compared to present day sensors.
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