Tdk Corporation

Pirmin Rombach

Jan Tue Ravnkilde

Kurt Rasmussen

Dennis Mortensen

Morten Ginnerup

Jotaro Akiyama

Cheng-Yen Liu

A microelectromechanical (MEMS) microphone with membrane trench reinforcements and method of fabrication is provided. The MEMS microphone includes a flexible plate and a rigid plate mechanically coupled to the flexible plate. The MEMS microphone includes a stoppage member affixed to the rigid plate and extending perpendicular relative to a surface of the rigid plate opposite the surface of the flexible plate. The stoppage member limits motion of the flexible plate. The rigid plate includes a reverse bending edge that includes a first lateral etch stop that includes a first corner radius and a second corner radius. The first corner radius is more than 100 nanometers and the second corner radius is more than 25 nanometers. Further, a lateral step width between the first corner radius and the second corner radius is less than around 4 micrometers.

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Pirmin Rombach