Patent ID: 8673161
Filing Date: 2014-03-18
Classification: G11B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for fabricating a component, comprising: providing a substrate comprising a Reactive Ion Etching (RIE) stop layer, an oxide layer formed on the RIE stop layer, and a Reactive Ion Etchable (RIE-able) layer formed on the oxide layer, wherein the RIE stop layer comprises any one of Aluminum, Nickel-Iron (NiFe), Nickel-Phosphide, and Ruthenium; patterning a resist layer on the RIE-able layer; forming a metal layer on portions of the RIE-able layer that are not covered by the resist layer via electrodeposition; removing the resist layer, wherein removing the resist layer exposes a portion of the RIE-able layer; performing RIE to remove exposed portions of the RIE-able layer and portions of the oxide layer beneath the exposed portions of the RIE-able layer; removing the metal layer; and forming the component in an opening in the oxide layer formed during the RIE.