Sloped side walls in SU-8 structures with ‘Step-and-Flash’ processing
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Summary, in English
We present a fast fabrication technique to achieve SU-8 structures with sloped side walls. We investigate the method of ‘Step-and-Flash’ which combines hot embossing with UV sensitive materials. The stamps are fabricated in Si by KOH etching to achieve mesa structures with side walls at a 54.7° angle to the bottom. These stamps are imprinted into SU-8-coated Pyrex wafers during the soft bake step of the SU-8 processing, under ambient conditions. The SU-8 is exposed through the Pyrex wafer and after a post exposure bake the stamp can be removed as the SU-8 is cross-linked – leaving stamp replicates in the SU-8. We have optimized the method and show that further processing of the structures is possible. We believe this method to be highly suitable for pattering sloped side wall structures in SU-8 as it can easily be incorporated into a standard SU-8 fabrication scheme without adding further process steps, as well as performed under ambient conditions.
Publishing year
2006
Language
English
Pages
1269-1272
Publication/Series
Microelectronic Engineering
Volume
83
Issue
4/9
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Elsevier
Topic
- Medical Engineering
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 1873-5568