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Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018

Filed:

Jun. 12, 2015
Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Yoshihiro Hasegawa, Tama, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); C23C 16/34 (2006.01); C23C 16/40 (2006.01); C23C 16/513 (2006.01); B06B 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/4483 (2013.01); A61B 5/0095 (2013.01); B06B 1/0292 (2013.01);
Abstract

In a method for producing a capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer having a cell of a structure having a first electrode and a vibration membrane containing a second electrode provided with a cavity interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, a first sacrificial layer is formed on the first electrode. A second sacrificial layer is formed on a portion corresponding to a part of a cavity is formed on the first sacrificial layer, and then an insulating layer configuring a part of the vibration membrane is formed on the second sacrificial layer. The second sacrificial layer is removed by etching through an opening formed in the insulating layer, and then a part of the first sacrificial layer is removed.


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