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Support posts for micro-mechanical devices

  • US 5,485,304 A
  • Filed: 07/29/1994
  • Issued: 01/16/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/29/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An improved micro-mechanical device of a type having support posts for mechanical elements, wherein the improvement comprises a support post having:

  • a hollow support post stem, said stem made by depositing a stem material into a via in a spacer layer that is subsequently removed, said hollow support post stem being filled with material from another layer of said micro-mechanical device; and

    a sidewall ring around the outer circumference of said stem, said sidewall ring made by depositing an oxide layer over said spacer layer and into said vias prior to the deposition of said stem material and etching back said oxide layer.

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