A miniature piezoresistive pressure sensor fabricated by temporary bonding technology was reported in this paper. The sensing membrane was formed on the device layer of an SOI (Silicon-On-Insulator) wafer, which was bonded to borosilicate glass (Borofloat 33, BF33) wafer for supporting before releasing with Cu-Cu bonding after boron doping and electrode patterning. The handle layer was bonded to another BF33 wafer after thinning and etching. Finally, the substrate BF33 wafer was thinned by chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) to reduce the total device thickness. The copper temporary bonding layer was removed by acid solution after dicing to release the sensing membrane. The chip area of the fabricated pressure sensor was of 1600 μm × 650 μm × 104 μm, and the size of a sensing membrane was of 100 μm × 100 μm × 2 μm. A higher sensitivity of 36 μV/(V∙kPa) in the range of 0-180 kPa was obtained. By further reducing the width, the fabricated miniature pressure sensor could be easily mounted in a medical catheter for the blood pressure measurement.
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