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Surface micromachined turbines

Tsai et al., 1997

Document ID
17665682004739898435
Author
Tsai C
Henning A
Publication year
Publication venue
Proceedings of International Solid State Sensors and Actuators Conference (Transducers' 97)

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This paper reports the fabrication of three-dimensional microturbines, free from post- processing assembly, using surface micromachining technology. The fabrication process consists primarily of surface micromachining technology, with a bulk micromachining step to …
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B81—MICRO-STRUCTURAL TECHNOLOGY
    • B81C—PROCESSES OR APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF MICRO-STRUCTURAL DEVICES OR SYSTEMS
    • B81C1/00—Manufacture or treatment of devices or systems in or on a substrate
    • B81C1/00436—Shaping materials, i.e. techniques for structuring the substrate or the layers on the substrate
    • B81C1/00555—Achieving a desired geometry, i.e. controlling etch rates, anisotropy or selectivity
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B81—MICRO-STRUCTURAL TECHNOLOGY
    • B81C—PROCESSES OR APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF MICRO-STRUCTURAL DEVICES OR SYSTEMS
    • B81C1/00—Manufacture or treatment of devices or systems in or on a substrate
    • B81C1/00015—Manufacture or treatment of devices or systems in or on a substrate for manufacturing micro-systems
    • B81C1/00023—Manufacture or treatment of devices or systems in or on a substrate for manufacturing micro-systems without movable or flexible elements
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B81—MICRO-STRUCTURAL TECHNOLOGY
    • B81C—PROCESSES OR APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF MICRO-STRUCTURAL DEVICES OR SYSTEMS
    • B81C2201/00—Manufacture or treatment of micro-structural devices or systems
    • B81C2201/01—Manufacture or treatment of micro-structural devices or systems in or on a substrate
    • B81C2201/0101—Shaping material; Structuring the bulk substrate or layers on the substrate; Film patterning
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B81—MICRO-STRUCTURAL TECHNOLOGY
    • B81B—MICRO-STRUCTURAL DEVICES OR SYSTEMS, e.g. MICRO-MECHANICAL DEVICES
    • B81B2203/00—Basic micro-electromechanical structures
    • B81B2203/01—Suspended structures, i.e. structures allowing a movement
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B81—MICRO-STRUCTURAL TECHNOLOGY
    • B81C—PROCESSES OR APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF MICRO-STRUCTURAL DEVICES OR SYSTEMS
    • B81C1/00—Manufacture or treatment of devices or systems in or on a substrate
    • B81C1/00349—Creating layers of material on a substrate
    • B81C1/0038—Processes for creating layers of materials not provided for in groups B81C1/00357 - B81C1/00373
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B81—MICRO-STRUCTURAL TECHNOLOGY
    • B81B—MICRO-STRUCTURAL DEVICES OR SYSTEMS, e.g. MICRO-MECHANICAL DEVICES
    • B81B2203/00—Basic micro-electromechanical structures
    • B81B2203/03—Static structures
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B81—MICRO-STRUCTURAL TECHNOLOGY
    • B81B—MICRO-STRUCTURAL DEVICES OR SYSTEMS, e.g. MICRO-MECHANICAL DEVICES
    • B81B3/00—Devices comprising flexible or deformable elements, e.g. comprising elastic tongues or membranes
    • B81B3/0018—Structures acting upon the moving or flexible element for transforming energy into mechanical movement or vice versa, i.e. actuators, sensors, generators

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