TY - GEN
T1 - Liquid-Immersion Inclined-Rotated UV Lithography for Micro Suction Cup Array
AU - Kagawa, Gakuto
AU - Takahashi, Hidetoshi
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was partly supported by Mitutoyo Association for Science and Technology (MAST).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 IEEE.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - This paper reports liquid-immersion inclined/rotated UV lithography for fabricating micro suction cups. Microstructures such as micro suction cups have been applied in various applications. However, the conventional fabrication method had limitations in suction force due to the insufficient inclination angle. We proposed liquid-immersion to inclined/rotated exposure (IRE), enabling greater microstructure inclination angles. IRE equipment was developed to fabricate PDMS micro suction cup arrays. The experimental inclination angle reached 51°, nearly doubling the conventional IRE method.
AB - This paper reports liquid-immersion inclined/rotated UV lithography for fabricating micro suction cups. Microstructures such as micro suction cups have been applied in various applications. However, the conventional fabrication method had limitations in suction force due to the insufficient inclination angle. We proposed liquid-immersion to inclined/rotated exposure (IRE), enabling greater microstructure inclination angles. IRE equipment was developed to fabricate PDMS micro suction cup arrays. The experimental inclination angle reached 51°, nearly doubling the conventional IRE method.
KW - Inclined/rotated lithography
KW - Liquid-immersion lithography
KW - Suction cup
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85149820118&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=85149820118&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/MEMS49605.2023.10052567
DO - 10.1109/MEMS49605.2023.10052567
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85149820118
T3 - Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS)
SP - 610
EP - 612
BT - 2023 IEEE 36th International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, MEMS 2023
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 36th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, MEMS 2023
Y2 - 15 January 2023 through 19 January 2023
ER -