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Shapes of the tips in silicon-based probes. (a) Scanning electron microscopic (SEM) of a 100-μm-thick tip of a probe after DRIE. The dotted line shows the approximate portion of the tip region to be ground out. (b) True 3-D tip, formed by mechanical grinding.