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Overview

Piezo Standard Technology

Creating wafers with the Piezo MEMS process will result in a chip with up to six layers: pad metal, piezoelectric film, pad oxide, silicon, buried oxide, and substrate.

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Thickness (µm) Resistance (Ω/□)Resistivity (Ω/cm)Purpose
Pad oxide0.202 ± 0.08 N/A N/A This layer isolates the silicon from the piezoelectric film or pad metal layers.
Piezoelectric film0.5 N/A N/A This layer can be used for piezoelectric sensors. The film uses aluminum nitride and has a strain coefficient between 3.4–6.5 (pC/N).
Pad metal1.02 0.055 ± 0.010 N/A This layer is perfect for precision alignment but is limited to areas not etched in the silicon.
Silicon10 ± 1 20 ± 5 5.5 ± 4.5 This layer can be used for mechanical structures, resistor structures, and electrical routing.
Substrate400 ± 5 N/A 9.5 ± 0.5 This layer can be etched with through-hole structures.
Buried oxide1.0 ± 0.05 N/A N/A This layer insulates the silicon and substrate layers.

Examples


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Set of cantilevers with proof masses at tip Bulk accelerometers
Image courtesy of Joan Pons-Nin et al. Image courtesy of Gerfers et. al.