• DocumentCode
    2920402
  • Title

    Low-power hermetically sealed on-chip plasma light source micromachined in glass

  • Author

    Carazzetti, P. ; Renaud, Ph ; Shea, H.

  • Author_Institution
    Ecole Polytech. Fed. de Lausanne, Lausanne
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    13-17 Jan. 2008
  • Firstpage
    818
  • Lastpage
    821
  • Abstract
    We report on the fabrication and testing of a chip-scale plasma light source. The device consists of a stack of three anodically bonded Pyrex wafers, which hermetically enclose a gas-filled cavity in which electrodes are used to ignite a low power (<500 mW) RF plasma.
  • Keywords
    glass; light sources; micromechanical devices; plasma materials processing; Pyrex wafers; RF plasma; gas-filled cavity; glass; micromachines; on-chip plasma light source; Electrodes; Fabrication; Glass; Hermetic seals; Light sources; Plasma devices; Plasma sources; Radio frequency; Testing; Wafer bonding;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, 2008. MEMS 2008. IEEE 21st International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Tucson, AZ
  • ISSN
    1084-6999
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1792-6
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1084-6999
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MEMSYS.2008.4443782
  • Filename
    4443782