CMUT DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD, CMUT DEVICE AND APPARATUS

Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a capacitive micro-machined ultrasonic transducer (CMUT) device comprising a first electrode (112) on a substrate (110) and a second electrode (122) embedded in an electrically insulating membrane, the first electrode and the membrane being separated by a cavit...

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Hauptverfasser:	DIRKSEN PETER, LEEUWESTEIN ADRIAAN, MULDER MARCEL
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER ELECTRIC MACHINES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ELECTRICITY FOR PERFORMING MECHANICAL WORK IN GENERAL GENERATING OR TRANSMITTING MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS IN GENERAL GENERATION METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR GENERATING OR TRANSMITTING MECHANICALVIBRATIONS OF INFRASONIC, SONIC, OR ULTRASONIC FREQUENCY MICROSTRUCTURAL DEVICES OR SYSTEMS, e.g. MICROMECHANICALDEVICES MICROSTRUCTURAL TECHNOLOGY PERFORMING OPERATIONS PROCESSES OR APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE MANUFACTUREOR TREATMENT OF MICROSTRUCTURAL DEVICES OR SYSTEMS TRANSPORTING
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Zusammenfassung:	Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a capacitive micro-machined ultrasonic transducer (CMUT) device comprising a first electrode (112) on a substrate (110) and a second electrode (122) embedded in an electrically insulating membrane, the first electrode and the membrane being separated by a cavity (130) formed by the removal of a sacrificial material (116) in between the first electrode and the membrane, the method comprising forming a membrane portion (22) on the second electrode and a further membrane portion (24) extending from the membrane portion towards the substrate alongside the sacrificial material, wherein the respective thicknesses the membrane portion and the further membrane portion exceed the thickness of the sacrificial material prior to forming said cavity. A CMUT device manufactured in accordance with this method and an apparatus comprising such a CMUT device are also disclosed.