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    • 专利摘要:
    A method for manufacturing a gradient heat-flux sensor comprises: depositing (101) a semiconductor layer on a planar surface, removing (102) material from the semiconductor layer so that mutually parallel semiconductor ridges having slanting sidewalls are formed, and filling (104) gaps between adjacent ones of the semiconductor ridges so that metal-semiconductor contact junctions are formed on the slanting sidewalls of the semiconductor ridges. Due to the metal-semiconductor contact junctions on the slanting sidewalls, the semiconductor ridges and the gap-fillers constitute an anisotropic multilayer structure for forming electromotive force in a direction perpendicular to the semiconductor ridges and parallel with the planar surface in response to a heat-flux through the anisotropic multilayer structure in a direction perpendicular to the planar surface.
    公开号:FI20175806A1
    申请号:FI20175806
    申请日:2017-09-12
    公开日:2019-03-13
    发明作者:Mikko Kuisma；Antti Immonen；Saku Levikari
    申请人:Lappeenrannan Teknillinen Yliopisto；
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    专利说明:

    The disclosure relates generally to gradient heat-flux sensors “GHFS” for measuring 5 thermal energy transfer directly. More particularly, the disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing a gradient heat-flux sensor.
    Background
    Heat-flux sensors are used in various power-engineering applications where local heat-flux measurements can be more important than temperature measurements. 10 A heat-flux sensor can be based on multiple thermoelectric junctions so that tens, hundreds, or even thousands of thermoelectric junctions are connected in series. For another example, a heat-flux sensor can be based on one or more anisotropic elements where thermal electromotive force is created from a heat-flux by the Seebeck effect. Because of the anisotropy, a temperature gradient has components 15 in two directions: along and across to a heat-flux through the sensor. Electromotive force is generated proportional to the temperature gradient component across to the heat-flux. The heat-flux sensor is called a gradient heat-flux sensor “GHFS” because it generates an electric output signal proportional to the above-mentioned temperature gradient component across to the heat-flux. The anisotropy can be 20 implemented with suitable anisotropic material such as for example single-crystal bismuth. A drawback of gradient heat-flux sensors based on single-crystal bismuth is that they are not suitable for heat-flux measurements in high temperatures because of the low melting point of bismuth.
    Another option for implementing the anisotropy is a multilayer structure where layers 25 are oblique with respect to a surface of a gradient heat-flux sensor for receiving a heat-flux. The multilayer structure may comprise first layers and second layers so that the second layers are interleaved with the first layers. The first layers can be made of for example semiconductor material, and the second layers can be made of for example metal or metal alloy or of semiconductor material different from the 30 semiconductor material of the first layers. An upper limit of operating temperature of
    20175806 prh 12 -09- 2017 a gradient heat-flux sensor based on a multilayer structure can be significantly higher than that of a heat-flux sensor based on bismuth. Further details of gradient heat-flux sensors based on a multilayer structure can be found from for example the publication: “Local Heat Flux Measurement in a Permanent Magnet Motor at No
    Load”, Hanne K. Jussila, Andrey V. Mityakov, Sergey Z. Sapozhnikov, Vladimir Y. Mityakov and Juha Pyrhönen, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers “IEEE” Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Volume: 60, pp. 4852 -4860, 2013.
    Gradient heat-flux sensors based on a multilayer structure of the kind described above are, however, not free from challenges. One of the challenges is related to 10 manufacturing processes which are typically difficult to adapt for mass-production.
    Thus, the unit price of gradient heat-flux sensors based on a multilayer structure can be high. The high unit price, in turn, limits the use of gradient heat-flux sensors in mass-produced products.
    Summary
    The following presents a simplified summary in order to provide a basic understanding of some aspects of various invention embodiments. The summary is not an extensive overview of the invention. It is neither intended to identify key or critical elements of the invention nor to delineate the scope of the invention. The following summary merely presents some concepts of the invention in a simplified 20 form as a prelude to a more detailed description of exemplifying embodiments of the invention.
    In this document, the word “geometric” when used as a prefix means a geometric concept that is not necessarily a part of any physical object. The geometric concept can be for example a geometric point, a straight or curved geometric line, a 25 geometric plane, a non-planar geometric surface, a geometric space, or any other geometric entity that is zero, one, two, or three dimensional.
    In accordance with the invention, there is provided a new method for manufacturing a gradient heat-flux sensor based on a multilayer structure where layers are oblique with respect to a surface of the gradient heat-flux sensor for receiving a heat-flux.
    A method according to the invention comprises:
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    - depositing a semiconductor layer on a planar surface,
    - removing material from the semiconductor layer so that mutually parallel semiconductor ridges are formed, the semiconductor ridges being separate from each other and having first sidewalls being slanting with respect to the planar surface and facing towards a first direction and second sidewalls facing towards a second direction different from the first direction, and subsequently
    - filling gaps between adjacent ones of the semiconductor ridges with one or more materials comprising metal so that i) metal-semiconductor contact junctions are formed on at least the first sidewalls of the semiconductor ridges and ii) gap-fillers constituted by the one or more materials and located in different ones of the gaps are separate from each other.
    The above-mentioned semiconductor ridges and the gap-fillers constitute an anisotropic metal-semiconductor multilayer structure for forming electromotive force 15 in a direction perpendicular to the semiconductor ridges and parallel with the abovementioned planar surface in response to a heat-flux through the anisotropic structure in a direction perpendicular to the planar surface. The anisotropic metalsemiconductor multilayer structure can be used as also a thermoelement which transfers heat from its first side to its second side in the direction perpendicular to 20 the planar surface when electric current is driven through it in the direction perpendicular to the semiconductor ridges and parallel with the planar surface.
    In a method according to an exemplifying and non-limiting embodiment of the invention, the above-mentioned gap-fillers are formed by:
    - depositing metal layers on the first sidewalls of the semiconductor ridges whilst leaving the second sidewalls uncovered so that the metal layers are separate from each other, and subsequently
    - filling the gaps with semiconductor material constituting semiconductor fillers so that the semiconductor fillers located in different ones of gaps are separate from each other.
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    The method phases of the above-described method are similar to for example method phases of existing methods for fabricating integrated circuits “IC”. Thus, the method is suitable for mass-production.
    The semiconductor ridges can be formed for example with a wet etching technique 5 which produces the slanting sidewalls of the semiconductor ridges. It is, however, also possible to use other methods for removing material from the semiconductor layer so that the slanting sidewalls of the semiconductor ridges are formed. Thus, the above-described method utilizes the inherent property of such material removal techniques, e.g. wet etching, which produce non-vertical, i.e. slanting, sidewalls of 10 grooves and cavities. In this document, the term ‘vertical’ means a direction that is perpendicular to the planar surface on which the semiconductor layer is deposited.
    Various exemplifying and non-limiting embodiments of the invention are described in accompanied dependent claims.
    Various exemplifying and non-limiting embodiments of the invention both as to 15 constructions and to methods of operation, together with additional objects and advantages thereof, will be best understood from the following description of specific exemplifying and non-limiting embodiments when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
    The verbs “to comprise” and “to include” are used in this document as open 20 limitations that neither exclude nor require the existence of unrecited features. The features recited in dependent claims are mutually freely combinable unless otherwise explicitly stated. Furthermore, it is to be understood that the use of “a” or “an”, i.e. a singular form, throughout this document does not exclude a plurality.
    Brief description of the figures
    Exemplifying and non-limiting embodiments of the invention and their advantages are explained in greater detail below in the sense of examples and with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
    figure 1 shows a flowchart of a method according to an exemplifying and non-limiting embodiment of the invention for manufacturing a gradient heat-flux sensor,
    20175806 prh 12 -09- 2017 figures 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 2e and 2f illustrate successive manufacturing stages of a gradient heat-flux sensor manufactured by a method according to an exemplifying and non-limiting embodiment of the invention, figure 3 illustrates a structure of a gradient heat-flux sensor manufactured by a method according to an exemplifying and non-limiting embodiment of the invention, figure 4 illustrates a structure of a gradient heat-flux sensor manufactured by a method according to an exemplifying and non-limiting embodiment of the invention, figure 5 illustrates a structure of a gradient heat-flux sensor manufactured by a method according to an exemplifying and non-limiting embodiment of the invention, figure 6 illustrates a structure of a gradient heat-flux sensor manufactured by a method according to an exemplifying and non-limiting embodiment of the invention, and figure 7 illustrates a structure of a gradient heat-flux sensor manufactured by a method according to an exemplifying and non-limiting embodiment of the invention.
    Description of the exemplifying embodiments
    The specific examples provided in the description below should not be construed as limiting the scope and/or the applicability of the accompanied claims. Lists and groups of examples provided in the description are not exhaustive unless otherwise explicitly stated.
    Figure 1 shows a flowchart of a method according to an exemplifying and nonlimiting embodiment of the invention for manufacturing a gradient heat-flux sensor. Figures 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 2e and 2f illustrate successive manufacturing stages of the gradient heat-flux sensor. In phase 101 shown in figure 1, the method comprises depositing a semiconductor layer on a planar surface. In figure 2a, the semiconductor layer is denoted with a reference 210. The material of the semiconductor layer 210 can be for example n-doped or p-doped silicon. In this exemplifying case, an electrically insulating layer 214 is deposited on a substrate 215 and thereafter the semiconductor layer 210 is deposited on the electrically
    20175806 prh 12 -09- 2017 insulating layer. Depending on the materials of the substrate 215 and the semiconductor layer 210, it is also possible that the semiconductor layer 210 is deposited directly on the substrate 215.
    In phase 102 shown in figure 1, the method comprises removing material from the semiconductor layer 210 so that mutually parallel semiconductor ridges are formed. In figures 2b-2f, the semiconductor ridges are denoted with a reference 211. As illustrated in figure 2b, the semiconductor ridges 211 have first slanting sidewalls facing towards a first direction and second sidewalls facing towards a second direction different from the first direction. In figure 2b, the first slanting sidewalls are 10 denoted with a reference 225. As shown in figure 2b, the slanting sidewalls 225 of the semiconductor ridges 211 are oblique with respect to the vertical xz-plane of a coordinate system 299, i.e. with respect to a vertical geometric plane that is perpendicular to the planar surface of the electrically insulating layer 214 and parallel with the longitudinal direction of the semiconductor ridges 211.
    Grooves made on the structure shown in figure 2a for forming the above-mentioned semiconductor ridges 211 are so deep that the semiconductor ridges 211 are separate from each other. The semiconductor ridges 211 can be formed using for example a wet etching technique. The wet etching can be for example isotropic wet etching which provides rounded edges of the semiconductor ridges such as 20 illustrated in figures 2b-2f. The isotropic wet etching can be based on e.g. hydrogen fluoride acid, nitric acid, or acetic acid. In cases where the semiconductor layer 210 has a suitable crystal structure e.g. <100>, the semiconductor ridges 211 can be formed using anisotropic wet etching which provides slanted sidewalls that are more planar than those formed with isotropic wet etching. It is also possible that the 25 semiconductor ridges 211 are formed with anisotropic dry etching directed to provide slanting sidewalls, e.g. a skewed DRIE-process, where DRIE means Deep Reactive-Ion Etching.
    In phase 103 shown in figure 1, the method comprises filling gaps between adjacent ones of the semiconductor ridges so that metal-semiconductor contact junctions are 30 formed on the above-mentioned first sidewalls of the semiconductor ridges. The gaps are filled so that gap-fillers formed into the gaps are separate from each other.
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    In figures 2e and 2f, the gap-fillers are denoted with a reference 230. The gap-fillers 230 are separate from each other because contacts between the gap-fillers 230 would disturb or even prevent the operation of the gradient heat-flux sensor because they would at least partly short-circuit the electromotive forces created from a heatflux by the Seebeck effect.
    In the exemplifying case illustrated in figure 1 and in figures 2a-2f, the phase 103 for filling the gaps comprises sub-phases 103a and 103b. The sub-phase 103a comprises depositing metal layers on the above-mentioned first sidewalls of the semiconductor ridges whilst leaving the above-mentioned second sidewalls uncovered. In figure 2c, the metal layers are denoted with a reference 212. As illustrated in figure 2c, the metal layers are separate from each other. The metal layers can be made of for example aluminum, copper, molybdenum, constantan, nichrome, or some other suitable metal. The sub-phase 103b comprises filling gaps between adjacent ones of the semiconductor ridges with semiconductor material so that the semiconductor material filling the gaps constitutes semiconductor fillers that are separate from each other. In figure 2e, the semiconductor fillers are denoted with a reference 213. The semiconductor fillers 213 are advantageously same material as the semiconductor ridges 211, or material with properties of electrical conductivity and Seebeck coefficient similar to those of the material of the semiconductor ridges 211. The material of the semiconductor fillers 213 can be for example n-doped or n-doped silicon. The semiconductor fillers 213 can be made of epitaxial silicon or polycrystalline silicon. In the exemplifying case illustrated in figures 2a-2f, the semiconductor fillers 213 are formed by depositing a semiconductor layer on the structure comprising the semiconductor ridges 211 and the metal layers 212, and subsequently removing material from the semiconductor layer. In figure 2d, the above-mentioned semiconductor layer is denoted with a reference 216. The above-mentioned semiconductor ridges 211, the metal layers 212, and the semiconductor fillers 213 constitute an anisotropic metalsemiconductor multilayer structure for forming electromotive force in a direction parallel with the y-axis of the coordinate system 299 in response to a heat-flux through the anisotropic structure in a direction parallel with the z-axis of the coordinate system 299.
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    In a method according to an exemplifying and non-limiting embodiment of the invention, the semiconductor layer 216 and thereby the semiconductor fillers 213 are shorter than the semiconductor ridges 211 in the longitudinal direction of the semiconductor ridges, i.e. in the x-direction of the coordinate system 299, so that 5 end-regions of the gaps remain unfilled. This approach is advantageous in cases where there would be a risk that adjacent semiconductor fillers 213 would get, due to processual non-idealities, in contact with each other on the end-regions of the semiconductor ridges if the semiconductor layer 216 were deposited to fully cover the structure comprising the semiconductor ridges 211 and the metal layers 212.
    Unwanted contacts between the semiconductor fillers 213 would disturb or even prevent the operation of the gradient heat-flux sensor because they would at least partly short-circuit the electromotive forces created from a heat-flux by the Seebeck effect. Other methods for avoiding unwanted contacts, such as trench isolation or structures of insulating material, are also possible. Furthermore, a dedicated mask 15 pattern and a subsequent etching phase can also be implemented to remove excess semiconductor filler material.
    A method according to an exemplifying and non-limiting embodiment of the invention further comprises depositing an electrically insulating layer on top of a structure comprising the semiconductor ridges 211, the metal layers 212, and the 20 semiconductor fillers 213. In figure 2f, the above-mentioned electrically insulating layer is denoted with a reference 217.
    Figure 3 illustrates a structure of a gradient heat-flux sensor manufactured by a method according to an exemplifying and non-limiting embodiment of the invention. In this exemplifying case, each of the metal layers 312 is deposited on one sidewall 25 of a respective one of the semiconductor ridges 311 and on a substantially flat top surface of the semiconductor ridge under consideration. Furthermore, the metal layer 312 of each semiconductor ridge is in contact with a base of a neighboring semiconductor ridge. The gaps between adjacent ones of the semiconductor ridges 311 are filled with semiconductor fillers 313 as illustrated in figure 3.
    Figure 4 illustrates a structure of a gradient heat-flux sensor manufactured by a method according to an exemplifying and non-limiting embodiment of the invention.
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    The gradient heat-flux sensor comprises, among others, semiconductor ridges 411, metal layers 412 covering one slanting sidewall of each semiconductor ridge, and semiconductor fillers 413 between adjacent ones of the semiconductor ridges. The structure of the gradient heat-flux sensor illustrated in figure 4 is otherwise similar 5 to the structure illustrated in figure 2f but the semiconductor ridges 411 have a crosssectional profile that is more round-shaped than the cross-sectional profile of the semiconductor ridges 211 illustrated in figure 2f. In gradient heat-flux sensors according to different embodiments of the invention, the cross-sectional profile of the semiconductor ridges can have a shape of a triangle, a trapezoid, a modified 10 trapezoid having curved sides as shown in figures 2b-2f and 3, a bell curve as shown in figure 4, or another shape providing slanting sidewalls and implementable with a suitable material removal process such as e.g. wet etching.
    Figure 5 illustrates a gradient heat-flux sensor manufactured by a method according to an exemplifying and non-limiting embodiment of the invention. In this exemplifying 15 case, the method comprises constructing, on a same substrate, many anisotropic multilayer structures 518, 519, 520, 521, and 522 for forming electromotive forces in response to heat-fluxes through the anisotropic multilayer structures 518-522 in a direction parallel with the z-axis of a coordinate system 599. In this exemplifying case, the method further comprises connecting the anisotropic multilayer structures 20 518-522 electrically in series so that voltage U is indicative of the total heat-flux through the anisotropic multilayer structures 518-522. The anisotropic multilayer structures 518-522 are connected in series with the aid of electrical connectors 523.
    It is also possible that anisotropic multilayer structures of the kind mentioned above are electrically connected in parallel or in mixed connections where e.g. groups of 25 series connected anisotropic multilayer structures are connected in parallel or groups of parallel connected anisotropic multilayer structures are connected in series. The semiconductor ridges of the anisotropic multilayer structures 518-522 can be made by forming mutually parallel first grooves having slanting sidewalls and then by forming mutually parallel second grooves 524 perpendicular to the first 30 grooves so as to separate adjacent ones of the anisotropic multilayer structures from each other. In figure 5, the first grooves and thereby the semiconductor ridges are parallel with the x-direction of the coordinate system 599 and the second grooves
    20175806 prh 12 -09- 2017 are parallel with the y-direction of the coordinate system 599. In figure 5, the crosshatched areas indicate the locations of the metal layers deposited on the appropriate slanting sidewalls of the semiconductor ridges.
    Figure 6 illustrates a structure of a gradient heat-flux sensor manufactured by a 5 method according to an exemplifying and non-limiting embodiment of the invention.
    The gradient heat-flux sensor comprises, among others, semiconductor ridges 611 and gap-fillers 630 between the semiconductor ridges 611. In this exemplifying case, the first sidewalls of the semiconductor ridges 611 are slanting but the second sidewalls are substantially perpendicular to the planar surface onto which the 10 semiconductor ridges 611 are formed, i.e. the second sidewalls of the semiconductor ridges 611 are substantially parallel with the xz-plane of a coordinate system 699. The gap-fillers 630 are formed by filling the gaps between the semiconductor ridges 611 with metal that can be e.g. aluminum, copper, molybdenum, constantan, nichrome, or some other suitable metal. Because of the 15 slanting metal-semiconductor contact junctions on the first sidewalls of the semiconductor ridges, electromotive force is produced in a direction parallel with the y-axis of the coordinate system 699 in response to a heat-flux penetrating the gradient heat-flux sensor in a direction parallel with the z-axis of the coordinate system 699. As the second sidewalls are substantively vertical, an opposite 20 electromotive force produced at the metal-semiconductor contact junctions on the second sidewalls is small and thus the opposite electromotive force does not cancel the electromotive force produced at the metal-semiconductor contact junctions on the first sidewalls.
    Figure 7 illustrates a structure of a gradient heat-flux sensor manufactured by a 25 method according to an exemplifying and non-limiting embodiment of the invention.
    The gradient heat-flux sensor comprises, among others, semiconductor ridges 711 and gap-fillers 730 between the semiconductor ridges 711. In this exemplifying case, the gap-fillers 730 are formed by depositing layers 731 of first metal on the first sidewalls of the semiconductor ridges 711 whilst leaving the second sidewalls 30 uncovered and then filling the gaps between the layers of the first metal and the second sidewalls with second metal different from the first metal. The first metal can be e.g. aluminum, copper, molybdenum, constantan, nichrome, or some other suitable metal. The second metal can be e.g. copper, molybdenum, constantan, nichrome, aluminum or some other suitable metal different from the first metal. The material of the semiconductor ridges, the first metal, and the second metal are selected so that a net electromotive force is produced in a direction parallel with the 5 y-axis of a coordinate system 799 in response to a heat-flux penetrating the gradient heat-flux sensor in a direction parallel with the z-axis of the coordinate system 799.
    The specific examples provided in the description given above should not be construed as limiting the applicability and/or interpretation of the appended claims.
    It is to be noted that lists and groups of examples given in this document are non10 exhaustive lists and groups unless otherwise explicitly stated.
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    [1] 1. A method for manufacturing a gradient heat-flux sensor, characterized in that the method comprises:
    - depositing (101) a semiconductor layer (210) on a planar surface,
    5 - removing (102) material from the semiconductor layer so that mutually parallel semiconductor ridges (211, 311, 411, 611, 711) are formed, the semiconductor ridges being separate from each other and having first sidewalls being slanting with respect to the planar surface and facing towards a first direction and second sidewalls facing towards a second direction 10 different from the first direction, and subsequently
    - filling (103) gaps between adjacent ones of the semiconductor ridges with one or more materials comprising metal so that i) metal-semiconductor contact junctions are formed on at least the first sidewalls of the semiconductor ridges and ii) gap-fillers (230, 603, 730) constituted by the one
    15 or more materials and located in different ones of the gaps are separate from each other, wherein the semiconductor ridges and the gap-fillers constitute an anisotropic multilayer structure for forming electromotive force in a direction perpendicular to the semiconductor ridges and parallel with the planar surface in response to a heat20 flux through the anisotropic multilayer structure in a direction perpendicular to the planar surface.
    [2] 2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the semiconductor layer is deposited on a substrate having the planar surface.
    [3] 3. A method according to claim 1, wherein the method comprises depositing an 25 electrically insulating layer (214) on a substrate (215), and the semiconductor layer is deposited on the electrically insulating layer having the planar surface.
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    [4] 4. A method according to any of claims 1-3, wherein the method further comprises depositing an electrically insulating layer (217) on top of the anisotropic multilayer structure.
    [5] 5. A method according to any of claims 1-4, wherein the gap-fillers (230) are 5 formed by:
    - depositing (103a) metal layers (212, 312, 412) on the first sidewalls of the semiconductor ridges whilst leaving the second sidewalls uncovered, the metal layers being separate from each other, and subsequently
    - filling (103b) the gaps with semiconductor material constituting
    10 semiconductor fillers (213) so that the semiconductor fillers located in different ones of gaps are separate from each other.
    [6] 6. A method according to claim 5, wherein the semiconductor fillers (213) are formed by depositing a layer (216) of the semiconductor material on a structure comprising the semiconductor ridges and the metal layers and by removing material
    15 from the layer of the semiconductor material.
    [7] 7. A method according to claim 5 or 6, wherein the semiconductor ridges (311) have substantially flat top surfaces, and the metal layers (312) are deposited to cover the first sidewalls of the semiconductor ridges and at least partly the substantially flat top surfaces of the semiconductor ridges.
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    [8] 8. A method according to any of claims 5-7, wherein the metal layer (312) of each semiconductor ridge is deposited to be in contact with a base of a neighboring semiconductor ridge.
    [9] 9. A method according to any of claims 5-8, wherein the semiconductor ridges are formed by removing material from the semiconductor layer with a wet etching
    25 technique.
    [10] 10. A method according to any of claims 5-9, wherein the metal layers are made of one of the following metals: aluminum, copper, molybdenum, constantan, nichrome.
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    [11] 11. A method according to any of claims 5-10, wherein the semiconductor fillers are made of n-doped silicon or p-doped silicon.
    [12] 12. A method according to any of claims 5-10, wherein the semiconductor fillers are made of epitaxial silicon or polycrystalline silicon.
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    [13] 13. A method according to any of claims 5-12, wherein the semiconductor ridges and the semiconductor fillers are made of same material.
    [14] 14. A method according to any of claims 1-13, wherein the semiconductor ridges are made of n-doped silicon or p-doped silicon.
    [15] 15. A method according to any of claims 1 -3, wherein the second sidewalls of the 10 semiconductor ridges (611) are substantially perpendicular to the planar surface, and the gap-fillers (630) are formed by filling the gaps between adjacent ones of the semiconductor ridges with metal.
    [16] 16. A method according to any of claims 1-3, wherein the gap-fillers (730) are formed by depositing layers (731) of first metal on the first sidewalls of the
    15 semiconductor ridges (711) whilst leaving the second sidewalls uncovered and then filling the gaps between the layers of the first metal and the second sidewalls with second metal different from the first metal.
    [17] 17. A method according to any of claims 1-16, wherein the method comprises constructing, on a same substrate, at least two anisotropic multilayer structures
    20 (518-522) for forming electromotive forces, and connecting the at least two anisotropic multilayer structures electrically to each other.
    [18] 18. A method according to claim 17, wherein the semiconductor ridges of the at least two anisotropic multilayer structures (518-522) are made by forming mutually parallel first grooves having slanting sidewalls and by forming mutually parallel
    25 second grooves (524) perpendicular to the first grooves, the second grooves separating adjacent ones of the anisotropic multilayer structures from each other.
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