Patent ID: 9242850
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: B81B,B81C

Claim Text:
1. A device with an out-of-plane electrode comprising: a device layer positioned above a handle layer; a cap layer having a first cap layer portion above the device layer and spaced apart from an upper surface of the device layer; and an out-of-plane electrode defined within the first cap layer portion by a spacer, the spacer having a lower nitride portion (i) terminating at a middle portion of the cap layer and (ii) extending within a lower portion of the cap layer toward a lower surface of the cap layer from the middle portion, and an upper oxide portion (i) terminating at the middle portion of the cap layer and (ii) extending within an upper portion of the cap layer toward an upper surface of the cap layer from the middle portion of the cap layer.