A post silicon-on-insulator compatible smart tube technology.

Hongen Tu, Yong Xu

Index: Environ. Health Perspect. 116(4) , 496-500, (2008)

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Abstract

This paper reports a technology to fabricate micro-parylene tubes with integrated sensors. The unique advantage of this new technology is its ability to incorporate high-temperature solid-state materials. Standard CMOS and MEMS devices can be fabricated first on the silicon wafers and then the smart tubes are formed by taking advantage of XeF(2) isotropic silicon etching and conformal parylene coating.