Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman
Thermally driven micro-pump buried in a silicon substrate and method for fabricating the same
The present invention relates to a micro electro mechanical system (MEMS); and, more particularly, to a micro pump used in micro fluid transportation and control and a method for fabricating the same. The micro pump according to the present invention comprises: trenches formed in a silicon substrate in order to form a pumping region including a main pumping region and an auxiliary pumping region; channels formed on both sides of the pumping region; a flow prevention region having backward-flow preventing layers to resist a fluid flow; inlet/outlet regions formed at each of the channels which are disposed on both ends of the pumping region; an outer layer covering the trenches of the silicon substrate and opening portions of the inlet/outlet regions; and a thermal conducting layer formed on the outer layer and over the main pumping region so that a pressure of the fluid in the main pumping region is increased by the thermal conducting layer.
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
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Yun-Tae Chang-Auck Chi-Hoon Won-Ick
Kim Choi Jun Jang