Considerations for an 8-inch Wafer-Level CMOS Compatible AlN Pyroelectric 5–14 μm Wavelength IR Detector Towards Miniature Integrated Photonics Gas Sensors
Doris K. T. Ng, Guoqiang Wu, Tan‐Tan Zhang, Linfang Xu, Jianbo Sun, Wing-Wai Chung, Hong Cai, Qingxin Zhang, Navab Singh
Abstract
CMOS compatibility and 8-inch manufacturability have been highly desired in MEMS technology. In this article, we demonstrate a MEMS pyroelectric IR detector using CMOS compatible AlN and 8-inch semiconductor wafer technology. This AlN pyroelectric detector detects IR over wavelength ranging from 5 μm to 14 μm. In addition, this detector is designed to have added mechanical stiffness for improved device integrity. The detectors are fabricated with different sensing area dimensions to compare their performance. The q' best performing detector has an NEP ~ 8.87 × 10 <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">-9</sup> W/ √Hz and D* ~ 6.04 × 10 <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">6</sup> cm√Hz/W. These pyroelectric detectors Hz are designed and built with the consideration to enable ease of monolithic integration with other components to form an integrated gas sensor system. This includes enabling detection of illumination from the front side and using an absorber stack that consists of CMOS dielectric layers. Subsequently, they will form a crucial part of the architectures for miniature photonics-based gas sensors. Their performance is a first step towards 8-inch wafer level CMOS-compatible manufacturable photonics gas sensors. [2020-0157].