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Design and Strength Evaluation of an Anodically Bonded Pressurized Cavity Array for Wafer-Level MEMS Packaging

기판단위 밀봉 패키징을 위한 내압 동공열의 설계 및 강도 평가

  • Gang, Tae-Gu (Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Graduate School of Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) ;
  • Jo, Yeong-Ho
  • Published : 2001.01.01
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Abstract

We present the design and strength evaluation of an anodically bonded pressurized cavity array, based on the energy release rate measured from the anodically bonded plates of two dissimilar materials. From a theoretical analysis, a simple fracture mechanics model of the pressurized cavity array has been developed. The energy release rate (ERR) of the bonded cavity with an infinite bonding length has been derived in terms of cavity pressure, cavity size, bonding length, plate size and material properties. The ERR with a finite bonding length has been evaluated from the finite element analysis performed for varying cavity and plate sizes. It is found that, for an inter-cavity bonding length greater than the half of the cavity length, the bonding strength of cavity array approaches to that of the infinite plate. For a shorter bonding length, however, the bonding strength of the cavity array is monotonically decreased with the ratio of the bonding length to the cavity length. The critical ERR of 6.21J/㎡ has been measured from anodically bonded silicon-glass plates. A set of critical pressure curves has been generated for varying cavity array sizes, and a design method of the pressurized cavity array has been developed for the failure-free wafer-level packaging of MEMS devices.

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