Fabrication method for vacuum microelectronic devices

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PATENT NO 5296408
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07996460

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A fabrication method for a microstructure having a vacuum sealed cavity therein including the process steps of forming an aluminum filled cavity in a body of silicon material and heating the structure such that the aluminum is absorbed into the silicon material leaving a vacuum in the cavity. In one embodiment of the invention a cavity is etched into a silicon wafer and filled with aluminum. A silicon dioxide layer is formed over the aluminum filled cavity and the structure is heated to produce the vacuum cavity.

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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONNEW ORCHARD ROAD ARMONK NY 10504

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Johnson, Jr Claude Yorktown, NY 2 52
Wilbarg, Robert R Hopewell Junction, NY 4 80

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