Abstract: For simplifying the manufacture of a MEMS structural component including a deflectable diaphragm which spans an opening in the rear side of the structural component, and including a fixed counter-element, which is provided with passage openings, the counter-element from the base substrate of the MEMS structural component is patterned and the deflectable diaphragm is implemented in a layered structure on the base substrate. These measures are intended to improve the diaphragm properties and reduce the overall height of the MEMS structural component.

Abstract: A dispersion is provided having a dispersion medium and a plurality of colloid particles finely distributed in the dispersion medium, the colloid particles being electrically conductive, the dispersion being a functional ink for the wetting of an inner wall of a contacting opening of a substrate using a print process.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a component having an electrical through-connection includes: providing a semiconductor substrate having a front side and a back side opposite from the front side; producing, on the front side of the semiconductor substrate, an insulating trench which annularly surrounds a contact area; introducing an insulating material into the insulating trench; producing a contact hole on the front side of the semiconductor substrate by removing the semiconductor material surrounded by the insulating trench in the contact area; and depositing a metallic material in the contact hole.

Abstract: A dispersion is provided having a dispersion medium and a plurality of colloid particles finely distributed in the dispersion medium, the colloid particles being electrically conductive, the dispersion being a functional ink for the wetting of an inner wall of a contacting opening of a substrate using a print process.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a component having an electrical through-connection is described. The method includes the following steps: providing a semiconductor substrate having a front side and a back side opposite from the front side, producing an insulating trench, which annularly surrounds a contact area, on the front side of the semiconductor substrate, filling the insulating trench with an insulating material, producing an electrical contact structure on the front side of the semiconductor substrate by depositing an electrically conductive material in the contact area, removing the semiconductor material remaining in the contact area on the back side of the semiconductor substrate in order to produce a contact hole which opens up the bottom side of the contact structure, and depositing a metallic material in the contact hole in order to electrically connect the electrical contact structure to the back side of the semiconductor substrate.

Abstract: A method for producing a component having a semiconductor substrate with through-hole plating is provided, the through-plating being surrounded by a recess, and the semiconductor substrate having a first layer on one side, which covers the recess on the first side. The semiconductor substrate has a second layer on a second side, which covers the recess on the second side, and the through-hole plating is surrounded by a ring structure which is produced from the semiconductor substrate. The recess surrounding the ring structure is produced in the same process step or at the same time as the recess for the through-hole plating.

Abstract: For simplifying the manufacture of a MEMS structural component including a deflectable diaphragm which spans an opening in the rear side of the structural component, and including a fixed counter-element, which is provided with passage openings, the counter-element from the base substrate of the MEMS structural component is patterned and the deflectable diaphragm is implemented in a layered structure on the base substrate. These measures are intended to improve the diaphragm properties and reduce the overall height of the MEMS structural component.

Abstract: A component system includes at least one MEMS element, a cap for a micromechanical structure of the MEMS element, and at least one ASIC substrate. The micromechanical structure of the MEMS element is implemented in the functional layer of an SOI wafer. The MEMS element is mounted face down, with the structured functional layer on the ASIC substrate, and the cap is implemented in the substrate of the SOI wafer. The ASIC substrate includes a starting substrate provided with a layered structure on both sides. At least one circuit level is implemented in each case both in the MEMS-side layered structure and in the rear-side layered structure of the ASIC substrate. In the ASIC substrate, at least one ASIC through contact is implemented which electrically contacts at least one circuit level of the rear-side layered structure and/or at least one circuit level of the MEMS-side layered structure.

Abstract: A method is described for manufacturing a component having a through-connection. The method includes providing a substrate; forming a trench structure in the substrate, a substrate area which is completely surrounded by the trench structure being produced; forming a closing layer for closing off the trench structure, a cavity girded by the closing layer being formed in the area of the trench structure; removing substrate material from the substrate area surrounded by the closed-off trench structure; and at least partially filling the substrate area surrounded by the closed-off trench structure with a metallic material. A component having a through-connection is also described.

Abstract: A method for producing an electrical feedthrough in a substrate includes: forming a first printed conductor on a first side of a substrate which electrically connects a first contact area of the substrate on the first side; forming a second printed conductor on a second side of a substrate which electrically connects a second contact area of the substrate on the second side; forming an annular trench in the substrate, a substrate punch being formed which extends from the first contact area to the second contact area; and selectively depositing an electrically conductive layer on an inner surface of the annular trench, the substrate punch being coated with an electrically conductive layer and remaining electrically insulated from the surrounding substrate due to the annular trench.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a component having an electrical through-connection is described. The method includes the following steps: providing a semiconductor substrate having a front side and a back side opposite from the front side, producing an insulating trench, which annularly surrounds a contact area, on the front side of the semiconductor substrate, filling the insulating trench with an insulating material, producing an electrical contact structure on the front side of the semiconductor substrate by depositing an electrically conductive material in the contact area, removing the semiconductor material remaining in the contact area on the back side of the semiconductor substrate in order to produce a contact hole which opens up the bottom side of the contact structure, and depositing a metallic material in the contact hole in order to electrically connect the electrical contact structure to the back side of the semiconductor substrate.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a component having an electrical through-connection includes: providing a semiconductor substrate having a front side and a back side opposite from the front side; producing, on the front side of the semiconductor substrate, an insulating trench which annularly surrounds a contact area; introducing an insulating material into the insulating trench; producing a contact hole on the front side of the semiconductor substrate by removing the semiconductor material surrounded by the insulating trench in the contact area; and depositing a metallic material in the contact hole.

Abstract: A method for producing a component having a semiconductor substrate with through-hole plating is provided, the through-plating being surrounded by a recess, and the semiconductor substrate having a first layer on one side, which covers the recess on the first side. The semiconductor substrate has a second layer on a second side, which covers the recess on the second side, and the through-hole plating is surrounded by a ring structure which is produced from the semiconductor substrate. The recess surrounding the ring structure is produced in the same process step or at the same time as the recess for the through-hole plating.

Abstract: A component system includes at least one MEMS element, a cap for a micromechanical structure of the MEMS element, and at least one ASIC substrate. The micromechanical structure of the MEMS element is implemented in the functional layer of an SOI wafer. The MEMS element is mounted face down, with the structured functional layer on the ASIC substrate, and the cap is implemented in the substrate of the SOI wafer. The ASIC substrate includes a starting substrate provided with a layered structure on both sides. At least one circuit level is implemented in each case both in the MEMS-side layered structure and in the rear-side layered structure of the ASIC substrate. In the ASIC substrate, at least one ASIC through contact is implemented which electrically contacts at least one circuit level of the rear-side layered structure and/or at least one circuit level of the MEMS-side layered structure.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a component having a through-connection. The method includes providing a semiconductor substrate, forming a recess in the semiconductor substrate, and introducing into the recess a pourable starting material which has a metal. The method furthermore includes carrying out a heating process, an electrically conductive structure forming the through-connection being developed from the pourable starting material.

Abstract: A method is described for manufacturing a component having a through-connection. The method includes providing a substrate; forming a trench structure in the substrate, a substrate area which is completely surrounded by the trench structure being produced; forming a closing layer for closing off the trench structure, a cavity girded by the closing layer being formed in the area of the trench structure; removing substrate material from the substrate area surrounded by the closed-off trench structure; and at least partially filling the substrate area surrounded by the closed-off trench structure with a metallic material. A component having a through-connection is also described.