Method for microcontact printing of MEMS

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8739390
APP PUB NO 20100188796A1
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12636757

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The embodiments disclosed herein are directed to fabrication methods useful for creating MEMS via microcontact printing by using small organic molecule release layers. The disclose method enables transfer of a continuous metal film onto a discontinuous platform to form a variable capacitor array. The variable capacitor array can produce mechanical motion under the application of a voltage. The methods disclosed herein eliminate masking and other traditional MEMS fabrication methodology. The methods disclosed herein can be used to form a substantially transparent MEMS having a PDMS layer interposed between an electrode and a graphene diaphragm.

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  • MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

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Bulovic, Vladimir Lexington, US 182 10166
Kim, LeeAnn Somerville, US 9 457
Murarka, Apoorva Cambridge, US 19 92
Packard, Corinne Evelyn Somerville, US 4 25
Yu, Jennifer Jong-Hua Palo Alto, US 2 13

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