Patent ID: 8786034
Filing Date: 2014-07-22
Classification: C03C,H01L

Abstract:
1. An apparatus including a MEMS device, wherein the MEMS device is hermetically sealed in a cavity defined by a cap wafer, a device wafer, and a hermetic glass seal, the hermetic glass seal being formed from a hot-melt sealing glass composition comprising: from about 50% by weight to about 95% by weight of a glass component comprising one or more glass frits, and from about 5% by weight to about 50% by weight of a polymeric binder system that is a solid at 22.5° C. but which melts at a temperature within the range of from 35° C. to 90° C., wherein the polymeric binder system is capable of complete burn-out at a temperature below 450° C., and wherein the glass component is capable of melting and flowing at a temperature below 500° C.