Patent ID: 8435612
Filing Date: 2013-05-07
Classification: B81C,G01R,H01L,H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A capillary structure comprising: a substrate; a hollow encapsulation structure including an anchor portion attached to the substrate and a free end portion extending over the substrate and curving away from the substrate, wherein the hollow encapsulation structure comprises a lower wall, an upper wall, and parallel side walls extending between the lower wall and the upper wall such that the lower, upper and parallel side walls form a substantially rectangular cross-section forming a hollow conduit extending between a first opening defined at the free end portion and a second opening, wherein the lower, upper and parallel side walls consist essentially of an encapsulation material such that said hollow encapsulation structure is formed solely by the encapsulation material, and wherein the encapsulation material consists essentially of at least one of an oxide, a nitride, a resist layer, a polymer layer and an electrically conductive material.