WO2021056279A1 - 一种可调光学滤波器件 - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to the field of semiconductor devices, and in particular to a tunable optical filter device.
- Tunable filter device based on Fabry-Perot (Farber cavity) interference.
- FPI devices in the visible-shortwave infrared range (400nm-2500nm) usually use optical glass (such as synthetic quartz glass) as the substrate. It is processed with semiconductors to form a mirror chip, and then the two mirror chips are assembled with an external piezoelectric actuator (piezo actuator) into a Faber cavity module. In the wavelength band exceeding 2500nm, the glass substrate will absorb most of the incident light, so it cannot be used for mirror processing.
- the Faber cavity module formed by this assembly method has a relatively large volume and a high driving voltage, and is not suitable for applications in devices with extremely limited space sizes, such as handheld hyperspectral cameras.
- the Faber cavity devices formed by current micromachining are mainly of bulk and surface technology types.
- Surface technology devices form movable mirrors from suspended thin films.
- the bulk process type device is formed by a substrate with a cantilever beam structure to form a movable mirror surface.
- the bulk process to process the cantilever beam on the substrate will increase the complexity of device design and processing and thus increase the cost.
- the elastic structure (spring) and the mirror surface in the bulk process device are provided by the same substrate, resulting in the inherent stress and deformation of the mirror surface affected by the elastic structure. Because the cantilever beam structure takes up a lot of chip volume, it also limits the size of the mirror itself.
- the available film materials are limited to a certain wavelength range (such as 1500nm-2500nm). In the other case, it is difficult to realize commercial applications due to processing difficulties and complex processes.
- the present invention proposes a tunable optical filter element. , In an attempt to solve the problems of the existing tunable filter device, which is too large, difficult to process, and high driving voltage.
- the present invention provides a tunable optical filter device.
- the device includes a first substrate provided with a first Bragg reflector and a second substrate provided with a second Bragg reflector, the first Bragg reflector and the second Bragg reflector.
- the outer periphery of the surface of the reflector is bonded to each other through a bonding compound to form a cavity between the first Bragg reflector and the second Rager reflector, and a first electrode is arranged between the first Bragg reflector and the bonding compound
- the second Bragg reflector is provided with a second electrode opposite to the first electrode in the cavity.
- the capacitance formed by the first electrode and the second electrode arranged in the cavity drives the second substrate to generate relative displacement to adjust the interval between the cavities to realize the adjustable optical filter function.
- the manufacturing process of the adjustable optical filter device Simple, low cost, and small in size, it can be widely used in small optical devices such as mobile phones or handheld hyperspectral cameras.
- the middle of the second substrate is removed to form an incident area for light to pass through.
- the material of the first substrate includes alumina or barium fluoride. Using alumina or barium fluoride as the substrate can ensure the passage of short-wave infrared light.
- the surface of the first substrate opposite to the first Bragg reflector is provided with an antireflection film.
- the reflected light can be reduced to increase the light transmittance on the surface.
- the antireflection film is a glass film
- the refractive index of the glass film is smaller than the refractive index of the first substrate.
- the material of the second substrate is silicon.
- Using silicon as the second substrate can facilitate processing such as etching to obtain a desired shape or pattern.
- the first Bragg reflector includes a silicon oxide layer and a peripheral silicon layer disposed on both surfaces of the silicon oxide layer.
- the peripheral silicon layers provided on both surfaces of the silicon oxide layer, light will undergo corresponding reflection and refraction when passing through the silicon oxide and silicon layers, thereby achieving a filtering effect.
- the second Bragg reflector includes two alternating silicon oxide layers and silicon layers arranged on a silicon substrate.
- the alternating silicon oxide layers and silicon layers light will have corresponding reflection and refraction when passing through different silicon oxide and silicon layers, thereby achieving a filtering effect.
- a ring-shaped weight formed of silicon is provided in the middle of the surface of the second substrate opposite to the cavity.
- the bonding method includes eutectic bonding, polymer or anodic bonding.
- the two glass film structures can be tightly combined to ensure the stability of the tunable optical filter.
- the tunable optical filter of the present invention uses materials such as alumina or barium fluoride as a substrate to be processed as a fixed mirror surface, a silicon substrate is processed into a movable mirror surface, and silicon/silicon oxide/silicon forms a dispersed Bragg reflector while being fixed at the same time.
- the mirror surface and the movable mirror surface are formed by semiconductor processing, and the fixed mirror surface and the movable mirror surface are combined into a Fabry-Perot cavity by bonding, and the electrodes arranged on the upper and lower sides of the cavity form a capacitive drive
- the movable mirror produces a relative displacement to adjust the gap of the cavity.
- the tunable optical device can be used for hyperspectral imaging in the infrared band greater than 2500nm, and has the performance of small size, lower driving voltage, simple processing technology, low cost, and can be applied to mobile phones, handheld hyperspectral cameras, etc., where the space size is extremely affected. Limited devices.
- Fig. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a tunable optical filter device according to an embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a tunable optical filter device according to a specific embodiment of the present invention
- Fig. 3 is a bottom view of a tunable optical filter device according to a specific embodiment of the present invention.
- Fig. 1 shows a cross-sectional view of a tunable optical filter device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the tunable optical filter device includes a first substrate 2 and a second substrate 8.
- a first Bragg reflector 3 is provided on one side of the second substrate 2 and a surface of the second substrate 8
- a second Bragg reflector 7 is provided, and the peripheries of the surfaces of the first Bragg reflector 3 and the second Bragg reflector 7 are bonded to each other through a bonding compound 5 to form a Fabry-Perot cavity between the two Bragg reflectors ,
- a first electrode 4 is arranged between the first Bragg reflector 3 and the bonding compound 5, and the second Bragg reflector 7 is provided with a second electrode at a position corresponding to the first electrode 4 in the Fabry-Perot cavity 6.
- the capacitance drive structure formed between the first electrode 4 and the second electrode 6 can make the second Bragg reflector 7 and the second substrate 8 produce a relative displacement, adjust the gap of the Fabry-Perot cavity and realize the adjustment With the function of optical filtering, the middle of the second substrate 8 is moved out to form an incident area through which light can pass.
- the device can be used for hyperspectral imaging in the infrared band greater than 2500nm, with low processing cost and simpler processing technology. Compared with piezoelectric actuators, the driving voltage is lower and the volume is smaller. It is suitable for small optical devices such as mobile phones or handheld hyperspectral Camera etc.
- the material of the first substrate 2 is sapphire (aluminum oxide) or barium fluoride.
- the spectral coverage of sapphire (alumina) can reach 5 microns, and the spectral coverage of barium fluoride can reach 12 microns.
- Alumina or barium fluoride as a substrate can ensure the passage of short-wave infrared light. It should be realized that other materials other than alumina or barium fluoride, such as zinc selenide, etc., can also be used to achieve the technical effects of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 shows a cross-sectional view of a tunable optical filter device according to a specific embodiment of the present invention.
- an antireflection film 1 is provided on a surface of the first substrate 2
- the anti-reflection film 1 is deposited or bonded on the first substrate 2 to reduce the reflected light and increase the light transmittance on the surface.
- the material of the antireflection film 1 can be glass or silicon oxide. According to the experiment of the inventor of the present application, the refractive index of the antireflection film 1 is set to be lower than the refractive index of the first substrate 2, which can make the light transmittance better.
- the first Bragg reflector 3 is arranged on the side of the first substrate 2 corresponding to the antireflection film 1, and the outer silicon layer 31, the silicon oxide layer 32, and the outer silicon layer 33 are formed on the first substrate.
- 2 is formed by semiconductor processing
- the second Bragg reflector 7 is formed by alternating silicon layer 71, silicon oxide layer 72, silicon layer 73 and silicon oxide layer 74 on the second substrate 7 by semiconductor processing.
- the thickness corresponding to silicon and silicon oxide is 1/4 wavelength.
- the light can be made between the thin film layers with different refractive indexes.
- the light reflected back from time to time interferes constructively due to the change of the phase angle, and then combines with each other to obtain strong reflected light, which can reduce the reflection of the light within a certain wavelength range and increase the amount of light passing.
- the first Bragg reflector 3 and the second Bragg reflector 7 are bonded to each other through the bonding compound 5
- the first Bragg reflector 3 and the second Bragg reflector 7 are parallel to each other and in the Fabry -A reflection zone is formed in the Perot cavity.
- the first electrode 4 and the second electrode 6 are metal electrodes, which are processed on the surface of the first Bragg reflector 3 and the second Bragg reflector 7 respectively by a semiconductor processing technology.
- the first electrode 4 and The second electrode 6 at the opposite position forms a driving capacitor.
- the arrangement position of the first electrode 4 can provide convenience for the external electrode lead, so as to facilitate the later packaging.
- FIG. 3 is a tunable optical filter device according to a specific embodiment of the present invention.
- the second substrate 8 is removed to form a support structure and a ring-shaped weight structure.
- the etching method partially removes the second substrate 8 to form a ring-shaped weight 9 for enhancing the flatness of the second Bragg reflector 7.
- the shape of the ring-shaped weight 9 is not limited to a circle, but may also be an ellipse.
- the etching method is not limited to plasma etching, but also can be chemical reagent etching. Depending on the specific application scenario, select the appropriate etching method to etch the required shape.
- the bonding method between the first Bragg reflector 3 and the second Bragg reflector 7 may specifically be eutectic bonding, polymer or anodic bonding.
- Eutectic bonding is the use of metal as a transition layer to achieve the bonding between silicon and silicon. The surface requirements are not high, the bonding temperature is low, and the bonding strength is high; anodic bonding has a low bonding temperature, which is comparable to other processes. It has the advantages of good capacitance, high bonding strength and stability, and can be used for bonding between silicon/silicon substrates, non-silicon materials and silicon materials, and mutual bonding between glass, metals, semiconductors, and ceramics.
- a suitable bonding method can be selected for the actual bonding surface technology and material to achieve the bonding between the two glass films.
- the tunable optical filter device of the present invention includes a movable mirror surface and a fixed mirror surface processed by a substrate of a heterogeneous material.
- the movable mirror surface is formed by silicon/silicon oxide/silicon through semiconductor processing, and the fixed mirror surface is made of sapphire (alumina).
- the movable mirror surface and the fixed mirror surface form a Fabry-Perot cavity by bonding, and the gap of the Fabry-Perot cavity is adjusted by the electrode arranged on the glass film to drive the displaceable glass film, Furthermore, the tunable filtering function of the tunable optical filter device is realized.
- the tunable optical filter device can be used for hyperspectral imaging in the infrared band greater than 2500nm, and can be used to drive the displaceable glass film with a lower driving voltage. It has the advantages of small size, and can be applied to devices with extremely limited space size, and can be widely used in small hyperspectral optical devices such as mobile phones and handheld hyperspectral cameras.
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- 一种可调光学滤波器件,其特征在于,所述器件包括设置有第一布拉格反射器的第一衬底和设置有第二布拉格反射器的第二衬底,所述第一布拉格反射器和所述第二布拉格反射器的表面的外围通过键合物相互键合以在所述第一布拉格反射器和所述第二布拉格反射器之间形成腔体,所述第一布拉格反射器与所述键合物之间设置有第一电极,所述第二布拉格反射器在所述腔体内设置有与所述第一电极相对的第二电极。
- 根据权利要求1所述的可调光学滤波器件,其特征在于,所述第二衬底的中部被移除形成用于光线通过的入射区域。
- 根据权利要求1或2所述的可调光学滤波器件,其特征在于,所述第一衬底的材质包括氧化铝或氟化钡。
- 根据权利要求1或2所述的可调光学滤波器件,其特征在于,所述第一衬底与所述第一布拉格反射器相背的表面设置有增透膜。
- 根据权利要求4所述的可调光学滤波器件,其特征在于,所述增透膜为玻璃薄膜,所述玻璃薄膜的折射率小于所述第一衬底的折射率。
- 根据权利要求1或2所述的可调光学滤波器件,其特征在于,所述第二衬底的材质为硅。
- 根据权利要求1所述的可调光学滤波器件,其特征在于,所述第一布拉格反射器包括氧化硅层以及设置于所述氧化硅层两表面的外围硅层。
- 根据权利要求1所述的可调光学滤波器件,其特征在于,所述第二布拉格反射器包括设置于硅衬底上的两层相互交替的氧化硅层和硅层。
- 根据权利要求2所述的可调光学滤波器件,其特征在于,所述第二衬底与所述腔体相背的表面中部设置有由硅形成的环形重物。
- 根据权利要求1所述的可调光学滤波器件,其特征在于,所述键合的方式包括共晶键合、聚合物或阳极键合。
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