Patent ID: 6106734
Filing Date: 2000-08-22
Classification: B81B,B81C,C23C,G01L,G01P,G02F,H01H,H01J,H01L,H02N,Y02E,Y02P

Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a micromachine comprising a member being at least partially separated from a base material, said method comprising:(a) a step of forming a sacrificial layer on said base material;(b) a step of forming a layer of a material, to form said member on said sacrificial layer;(c) a step of irradiating said layer of said material with neutral gas beams of low energy levels causing no sputtering of said material from directions being perpendicular to a plurality of densest crystal planes having different directions in a single-crystalline layer to be formed under an optimum temperature below a crystallization temperature of said material during or after said step (b), thereby converting said layer of said material to a single-crystalline layer; and(d) a step of removing said sacrificial layer after said step (c).