Patent ID: 6082140
Filing Date: 2000-07-04
Classification: C03B,Y02P,Y10S

Abstract:
An improved apparatus for producing embedded microstructures by vacuum fusion bonding, including:a base platform having a flat upper surface, a vacuum pumpout port adapted to be connected to a vacuum system of an associated vacuum fusion oven, a vacuum pumpout slot connected to said port, and an opening in spaced relation to said port and slot,an interlayer plate positioned on said flat upper surface of said base platform having vacuum via holes extending therethrough, and at least one opening in one side thereof and in spaced relation to said holes,at least one alignment pin located in said opening in said base platform and said opening in said interlayer plate for aligning said vacuum via holes of said interlayer plate with said slot in said base platform, andat least one removable clamping means adapted for clamping an associated pair of plates to be vacuum fusion bonded to said interlayer plate.