Patent ID: 7135070
Filing Date: 2006-11-14
Classification: C30B

Abstract:
1. A method of forming from a precursor material having selectively and controllably changeable crystalline-structure related mechanical properties, a stacked/layered arrangement of monolithically deployed, crystal-structure-processed mechanical devices, wherein each layer is formed in a processing manner which is common to all of the layers, with each successive layer formed and stacked directly on top of a preceding underlying layer, and with the processing steps associated with each such layer comprising placing a precursor body of such material in a processing zone, and within that zone, deploying that body either directly on a supporting substrate, or on an already formed predecessor layer, selecting for each device in an intended monolithic array of devices an associated volumetric region in the associated body of material, which region is suitable (a) for the creation therefrom of the desired associated device configuration, and (b) for the establishment therein of a desired set of crystalline-structure-related mechanical properties, within the processing zone, subjecting each such selected region to a controlled changing of the crystalline structure therein, and thus of the related mechanical properties, and performing this subjecting step in a manner which avoids producing any heat damage to the immediately adjacent underlying supporting structure (substrate or predecessor layer), and by that processing, achieving, in each selected device region, the desired set of mechanical properties.