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Microfabricated cantilever stylus with integrated pyramidal tip

  • US 5,399,232 A
  • Filed: 01/07/1994
  • Issued: 03/21/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/17/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of fabricating a micromechanical sensor having a cantilever with a tip at one end, comprising the steps of:

  • providing a wafer substrate having top and bottom sides;

    coating said top side of said wafer substrate with a first insulating layer and coating said bottom side of said wafer substrate with a second insulating layer;

    after said coating steps, forming an opening in said first insulating layer;

    etching a trench in said top side of said wafer substrate through the opening in said first insulating layer;

    removing said first insulating layer;

    coating the top side of said wafer substrate and said trench with a desired cantilever beam material;

    patterning said cantilever beam material to form a cantilever arm with one end overlapping said trench in said wafer substrate; and

    completely removing said second insulating layer and then completely removing said wafer substrate from the bottom side of said wafer substrate.

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