US 12,355,370 B2
Self-aligned dielectric liner structure for protection in MEMS comb actuator
Chiao-Chun Hsu, Tainan (TW); Chih-Ming Chen, Hsinchu (TW); Chung-Yi Yu, Hsin-Chu (TW); and Lung Yuan Pan, Hsinchu (TW)
Assigned to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu (TW)
Filed by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsin-Chu (TW)
Filed on Jun. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/842,101.
Application 17/842,101 is a division of application No. 16/801,350, filed on Feb. 26, 2020, granted, now 11,387,748.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/894,033, filed on Aug. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0311357 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. H02N 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC H02N 1/008 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of forming a comb structure comprising:
forming trench structures in a substrate extending from a topmost surface of the substrate towards a bottommost surface of the substrate;
forming a first dielectric layer over the topmost surface of the substrate, wherein the first dielectric layer covers inner surfaces of the trench structures defined by inner surfaces of the substrate;
forming a semiconductor material over the first dielectric layer;
removing upper portions of the semiconductor material to form the comb structure comprising protrusions within the trench structures;
forming a second dielectric layer over the comb structure;
performing a planarization process to remove portions of the first and/or second dielectric layers to expose the topmost surface of the substrate;
forming a third dielectric layer over the second dielectric layer and/or the topmost surface of the substrate;
patterning the third dielectric layer to remove portions of the third dielectric layer from the topmost surface of the substrate; and
removing portions of the substrate.