Miniaturized implantable sensor platform having multiple devices and sub-chips
First Claim
1. A device, comprising:
- a layered structure in Si configured to form Si Vias for hermetically sealed electrical connectivity between two sets of devices, which are realized on at least two Si layers of a Si-on-insulator substrate,wherein the Si-on-insulator substrate is comprised of a first Si layer and a second Si layer separated by a first SiO2 layer serving as an insulator,wherein the first Si layer has on it a deposited second insulator film selected from SiO2, SiN, HfO2, andwherein Si pillars are created in the first Si layer by etching regions surrounding the Si pillars, wherein the Si pillars are supported by a first oxide layer and the second Si layer,wherein the exposed surface of the Si pillars and surrounding surface of the first Si layer are deposited with thin oxide layer selected from SiO2, HfO2, Si3N4, SiON, andwherein etched regions are filled with material selected from undoped amorphous Si, SiO2, HfO2, wherein the Si pillars have a top side and a bottom side, the bottom side interfaces with first oxide,wherein the second Si layer and the first oxide layer under the Si pillars are etched to expose the bottom side of the Si pillar in the first Si layer,wherein the exposed Si surface of bottom side of pillars are deposited with a metal providing Ohmic contact, wherein the metal is selected from gold, arsenic doped gold, aluminum, Pt, Pd, TiN, and TaN, andwherein the Ohmic contact is deposited with a metal pad selected from a biocompatible non-corrosive metal selected from Au, Pt, and Pd, andwherein the second Si layer side opposite to the first SiO2 layer is deposited with a passivation insulator layer selected from SiO2, HfO2, SiN, and Al2O3, andwherein the passivation insulator layer is patterned to expose second Si layer which is deposited with electrodes to form biosensors, electronic circuits, optoelectronic circuits, ultrasonic transducers and other devices that operate electrically,wherein the top side of the Si pillars are deposited with a metal providing Ohmic contact, and wherein the metal is selected from gold, arsenic doped gold, aluminum, Pt, Pd, TiN, and TaN, andwherein the Ohmic contact is deposited with a metal pad selected from Au, Pt, Pd, and wherein the metal pads on top side of Si pillars are connected to devices selected from electronic, photonic, optoelectronic, and micro-electro-mechanical realized in first Si layer.
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Abstract
This invention describes a hermetically sealed package which can be implanted in the body. The package comprise of stacked substrates where surface of one substrate hosts biosensors which are exposed to body fluids to monitor concentrations of substances selected from analytes, metabolites, and proteins, and body physiological parameters. The structure protects from body fluids devices that interface with the biosensor electrodes for electronic data processing, powering, and wireless communication. Biosensor electrodes are electrically connected to various electronic, optoelectronic, MEM devices using novel partial silicon vias (PSVs) that prevents leakage of body fluids. Various devices are located on different substrates which are stacked to save surface area. One of the substrate forms the cover plate which permits light for powering as well as sending receiving coded data including the analyte levels.
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1. A device, comprising:
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a layered structure in Si configured to form Si Vias for hermetically sealed electrical connectivity between two sets of devices, which are realized on at least two Si layers of a Si-on-insulator substrate, wherein the Si-on-insulator substrate is comprised of a first Si layer and a second Si layer separated by a first SiO2 layer serving as an insulator, wherein the first Si layer has on it a deposited second insulator film selected from SiO2, SiN, HfO2, and wherein Si pillars are created in the first Si layer by etching regions surrounding the Si pillars, wherein the Si pillars are supported by a first oxide layer and the second Si layer, wherein the exposed surface of the Si pillars and surrounding surface of the first Si layer are deposited with thin oxide layer selected from SiO2, HfO2, Si3N4, SiON, and wherein etched regions are filled with material selected from undoped amorphous Si, SiO2, HfO2, wherein the Si pillars have a top side and a bottom side, the bottom side interfaces with first oxide, wherein the second Si layer and the first oxide layer under the Si pillars are etched to expose the bottom side of the Si pillar in the first Si layer, wherein the exposed Si surface of bottom side of pillars are deposited with a metal providing Ohmic contact, wherein the metal is selected from gold, arsenic doped gold, aluminum, Pt, Pd, TiN, and TaN, and wherein the Ohmic contact is deposited with a metal pad selected from a biocompatible non-corrosive metal selected from Au, Pt, and Pd, and wherein the second Si layer side opposite to the first SiO2 layer is deposited with a passivation insulator layer selected from SiO2, HfO2, SiN, and Al2O3, and wherein the passivation insulator layer is patterned to expose second Si layer which is deposited with electrodes to form biosensors, electronic circuits, optoelectronic circuits, ultrasonic transducers and other devices that operate electrically, wherein the top side of the Si pillars are deposited with a metal providing Ohmic contact, and wherein the metal is selected from gold, arsenic doped gold, aluminum, Pt, Pd, TiN, and TaN, and wherein the Ohmic contact is deposited with a metal pad selected from Au, Pt, Pd, and wherein the metal pads on top side of Si pillars are connected to devices selected from electronic, photonic, optoelectronic, and micro-electro-mechanical realized in first Si layer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A hermetically sealed structure, comprising:
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at least two stacks of substrates, wherein the structure permits exposure of biosensor surfaces on which electrodes are realized to monitor concentrations of substances selected from analytes, metabolites, and proteins, and body physiological parameters, wherein the structure protects from body fluids devices that interface with the biosensor electrodes for electronic data processing, powering, and wireless communication, and wherein the devices are located on any of the substrates forming a stack, wherein biosensor electrodes are electrically, connected to the devices using partial silicon vias, wherein substrates forming the stack are selected from Si, Si-on-Insulator (SOI) and Silicon-on-sapphire, silicon-on-quartz, wherein the Si-on-insulator (SOI) substrate include a first Si layer and a second Si layer separated by a first SiO2 layer severing as an insulator, wherein the Si-on-sapphire (SOS) substrate includes a Si layer on a sapphire substrate, wherein the SOS substrate serves as a cover plate permitting light energy to be used to power the solar cells, located on other substrates forming the multi-stack structure, wherein the SOS substrate cover plate permitting coded light signals to communicate with receiver photodiodes located on the Si film on the SOS or other substrates, wherein the cover plate substrate having a gold film on the Si thin film forming an eutectic, wherein the thin film having a perimeter fence formed by gold bump layer, wherein the substrate hosting the biosensor electrodes includes on its other face a perimeter gold fence formed on the Si—
Au eutectic thin film,wherein the biosensor hosting substrate and the cover plate substrate heremetically seal the vertical stack. - View Dependent Claims (5)
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