Mass balancing and spring element manipulation of micromechanical silicon-gyrometers with ultrashort laser pulses

U. Klug; B. Rahn; U. Stute; A. Ostendorf

doi:10.1117/12.608659

1 July 2005 Mass balancing and spring element manipulation of micromechanical silicon-gyrometers with ultrashort laser pulses

U. Klug, B. Rahn, U. Stute, A. Ostendorf

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Proceedings Volume 5836, Smart Sensors, Actuators, and MEMS II; (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.608659
Event: Microtechnologies for the New Millennium 2005, 2005, Sevilla, Spain

Abstract

Utilisation of ultrashort laser pulses enables high precision in laser micromachining processes. Due to low thermal interaction between laser beam and matter, the vicinity of the laser ablation is free from melt and heat influenced zones. Established laser microstructuring processes on basis of femtosecond laser pulses have been applied for manipulation of micromechanical components of Silicon-gyrometers that are manufactured for the automotive industry. Compensation of mechanical imbalance, and adjustment of resonance frequencies have been successfully performed by mass balancing, and manipulation of the spring elements' geometries by laser ablation with a lateral resolution of 10-20 μm, and a vertical resolution of 500 nm-4 μm. The approach for automated laser processing on wafer-level is demonstrated.

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U. Klug, B. Rahn, U. Stute, and A. Ostendorf "Mass balancing and spring element manipulation of micromechanical silicon-gyrometers with ultrashort laser pulses", Proc. SPIE 5836, Smart Sensors, Actuators, and MEMS II, (1 July 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.608659

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