Minutely patterned structure

摘要

A patterned structure including a plurality of patterned sheet members (2, 4, 12, 14, 22, 24, 32, 34) which have respective configurations and which are partially superposed on each other and which cooperate with each other to define a plurality of voids (8, 18, 28, 38). At least one (2, 4, 12, 14, 22, 32, 34) of the sheet members includes a thin-walled portion (2a, 4a, 12a, 12b, 14a, 14b, 22a, 32a, 34a) whose thickness is smaller than a thickness of the other portion (2b, 4b, 12c, 14c, 22b, 32b, 34b). The thin-walled portion is formed by etching the appropriate sheet member or members. The thin-walled portion of one sheet member engages the corresponding thin-walled portion or the other portion of the other sheet member or members.