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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2007
Filed:
May. 13, 2005
Jerwei Hsieh, San-chong, TW;
Weileun Fang, Hsinchu, TW;
Jerwei Hsieh, San-chong, TW;
Weileun Fang, Hsinchu, TW;
Walsin Lihwa Corp., Taipei, TW;
Abstract
A corner-compensation method for fabricating MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical System) is provided. The method includes steps of: (a) providing a substrate; (b) forming a conductive layer on the substrate; (c) sequentially forming a masking layer having structural openings and a photoresist layer on the conductive layer; (d) executing a photolithography for etching the photoresist layer and the masking layer to form at least one hole penetrating the photoresist layer and the masking layer; (e) etching the conductive layer and the substrate to extend the at least one hole to upper portions of the substrate; (f) removing the photoresist layer and etching the conductive layer and the substrate via the structural openings and the at least one hole respectively to form deep trench structures having different depths; (g) forming a peripheral compensation structure on a side-wall portion of the deep trench structure having the different depths; (h) removing portions of the peripheral compensation structure laterally and the substrate for exposing an uncompensated silicon structure; and (i) side etching the uncompensated silicon structure to be terminated by the peripheral compensation structure around the at least one hole.