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Vapor deposition of anti-stiction layer for micromechanical devices

  • US 7,927,423 B1
  • Filed: 05/25/2005
  • Issued: 04/19/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/25/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vapor deposition system for depositing Ultra-thin passivation layers on the surfaces of micromechanical devices, comprising:

  • a deposition chamber having walls defining a sealed enclosure for processing micromechanical devices contained therein, the chamber including an inlet for receiving gas and an outlet for exhausting gas;

    a source of vaporized passivants provided in controlled fluid communication with the inlet for introducing the vaporized passivants in a gas stream into the chamber for deposition on the surfaces of the micromechanical devices;

    a vacuum pump in fluid communication with the outlet for pulling a partial vacuum in the chamber and drawing the vaporized passivants though the chamber; and

    a filter-diffuser device connected to the inlet, the filter-diffuser device having multiple filters for filtering vapor after flowing through the inlet and allowing the passivants to flow through into the chamber, the filters being arranged to uniformly distribute the vapor flow into the chamber, each filter having filter walls formed of a porous metal,wherein the passivant is perfluordecanoic acid (PFDA) and the filters have pores that allow individual PFDA molecules to flow through the filter walls but that filter out larger PFDA particles,wherein the filter-diffuser device includes a manifold having a cylindrical body portion, wherein the filters are attached to the periphery of the body portion and extend radially outward from the body portion.

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