1. A method of fabricating a die containing an integrated circuit comprising active components and passive components, at least a part of the passive components comprising critical passive components, the method comprising:
producing a first substrate including at least one active component including heating the first substrate at a temperature lower than a first temperature above which the first substrate is unacceptably degraded;
producing a second substrate including the critical passive components including heating the second substrate at a temperature higher than the first temperature;
bonding the first and second substrates, wherein the bonding comprises performing a layer transfer; and
after bonding of the first and second substrates, producing at least one interconnection line between the components of the first and second substrates, the interconnection line passing through the second substrate.
2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the at least one active component comprises transistors.
3. A method according to claim 1, wherein the critical passive components comprise at least one capacitor and at least one microelectromechanical system (MEMS).
4. A method according to claim 1 wherein the critical passive components comprise at least one capacitor or at least one microelectromechanical system (MEMS).
5. A method according to claim 3, wherein a dielectric material of the at least one capacitor comprises a perovskite.
6. A method according to claim 1, wherein producing the second substrate comprises producing an electrically conductive material.
7. A method according to claim 1, wherein producing the second substrate comprises producing a dielectric material.
8. A method according to claim 7, wherein producing the second substrate comprises producing perovskite.
9. A method according to claim 1 further comprising producing dielectric insulation trenches in the second substrate during the production of the second substrate.
10. A method according to claim 1 further comprising producing at least one non-critical passive component during the production of the second substrate.
11. A method according to claim 10, wherein producing the non-critical passive component comprises producing a capacitor in trenches.
12. A method according to claim 9 further comprising producing at least one inductor in the vicinity of a face of the second substrate opposite a bonding face after the bonding of the two substrates.
13. A method according to claim 12 further comprising producing the at least one inductor on the dielectric insulation trenches.
14. A die fabricated by a method according to claim 1.
15. A die made of a single stack of layers, containing an integrated circuit comprising active components produced at a temperature lower than a first temperature above which the active components are unacceptably degraded and comprising passive components,
wherein at least a part of the passive components comprising critical passive components produced at a temperature higher than the first temperature above which the active components are unacceptably degraded,
wherein the die comprises an interface between two of the layers such that a first portion of the die situated on one side of the interface includes the active component and a second portion of the die situated on the other side of the interface includes the critical passive components produced at the temperature higher than the first temperature,
wherein the die comprises at least one interconnection line between the components of the first and second portions, the interconnection line passing through the second portion of the die.
16. A die according to claim 15 wherein the critical passive components comprise at least one capacitor and at least one MEMS enclosed in a cavity situated inside the die.
17. A die according to claim 16, wherein the at least one capacitor comprises a dielectric material comprising perovskite.
18. A die according to claim 15, wherein the die further comprises dielectric insulation trenches.
19. A die according to claim 15, wherein the integrated circuit further comprises at least one non-critical passive component.
20. A die according to claim 19 wherein the non-critical passive component comprises a capacitor in trenches.
21. A die according to claim 15, wherein the active components are disposed in the vicinity of a first face of the die and wherein the integrated circuit further comprises at least one inductor situated in a vicinity of the face of the die opposite the first face.
22. A die according to claim 21, wherein the at least one inductor is situated on inductive insulation trenches.
23. A die according to any one of claim 15, wherein the active components are disposed in a vicinity of a first face of the die and the die further comprises at least one interconnection line that emerges in the vicinity of the face of the die opposite the first face.
24. A die according to any one of claim 19 wherein the active components are disposed in a vicinity of a first face of the die and the die further comprises at least one interconnection line that emerges in the vicinity of the face of the die opposite the first face.
25. A method according to claim 13, wherein the at least one inductor and at least one of the interconnection lines are produced during a same process step.
26. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first temperature is about 450\xb0 C.
27. The method according to claim 1, wherein producing the first substrate comprises producing a substrate including all of the active components of the integrated circuit, and wherein producing the second substrate comprises producing a substrate including only passive components.
28. The method according to claim 1, wherein producing the first substrate further comprises producing the at least one active component comprising an interconnect metal that unacceptably degraded at a temperature above the first temperature.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A print roll unit for dispensing print media, the print roll unit comprising:
an elongate core comprising a plurality of ink supply containers, each for containing a respective type of ink;
a roll of print media comprising a tubular former in which the core can be received and a length of print media which is wound upon the former;
a casing comprising a pair of molded covers which can be fastened together in a releasable manner to encase the roll of print media, and defining a print media exit slot; and
a pair of pinch rollers each rotationally mounted to the casing, and configured to feed print media from the former and out through the exit slot.
2. A print roll unit as claimed in claim 1, wherein the molded covers define complementary formations to enable the molded covers to be snap fitted together.
3. A print roll unit as claimed in claim 1, wherein the tubular former includes a pair of molded members defining complementary formations to enable the molded members to be snap fitted together.
4. A print roll unit as claimed in claim 1, wherein the core includes a support which supports the ink supply containers, and a cover mounted to the support to cover the ink supply containers.
5. A print roll unit as claimed in claim 4, wherein the ink supply containers are serially arranged along the support.
6. A print roll unit as claimed in claim 4, wherein the ink supply containers are bladders in which ink is contained.
7. A print roll unit for dispensing print media, the print roll unit comprising:
an elongate core comprising a plurality of ink supply containers, each for containing a respective type of ink;
a roll of print media comprising a tubular former in which the core can be received and a length of print media which is wound upon the former;
a casing comprising a pair of molded covers which can be fastened together in a releasable manner to encase the roll of print media, and defining a print media exit slot;
a pair of pinch rollers each rotationally mounted to the casing, and configured to feed print media from the former and out through the exit slot; and.
an endcap which can be received between the cover and the support.
8. A print roll unit as claimed in claim 7, wherein the endcap defines a plurality of ink outlet ports, and the support defines a plurality of ink channels configured to carry ink from the ink supply containers to respective ink outlet ports.
9. A camera comprising a print roll unit as claimed in claim 1 and a printer in fluid communication with the core and configured to print captured images on the print media with ink stored in the core.
10. A camera as claimed in claim 9, further comprising a rotary cutting mechanism which can separate the printed image from the remaining print media.