Patent ID: 7774930
Filing Date: 2010-08-17
Classification: B81B,B81C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for fabricating integrated polymer based structures, the method comprising: providing a substrate, the substrate comprising a surface and a thickness defined underlying the surface, the substrate being composed of a first material; forming a recessed region patterned on a portion of the surface of the substrate, the recessed region having a width and a depth characterizing an internal surface portion of the recessed region, the width being defined by a section along a plane that is parallel to the surface of the substrate, the depth being defined by a section from a lower surface region of the recessed region to the portion of the surface of the substrate, the recessed region further comprising a length, the length including a first portion and a second portion; forming a thickness of polymer based material overlying a portion of the internal surface portion including the lower portion of the recessed region, the polymer based material conforming to the portion of the internal surface portion and filling the recessed region, the polymer based material also overlying the first portion and the second portion of the length of the recessed region; and removing a portion of the substrate within a vicinity of the recessed region to release a first portion of the polymer based material to facilitate a removal of the first portion of the polymer based material from the portion of the substrate while maintaining a second portion of the polymer based material coupled to the portion of the substrate, wherein said first portion of the polymer based material survives said removing the portion of the substrate within the vicinity of the recessed region.