Patent ID: 6580138
Filing Date: 2003-06-17
Classification: G01P,H01H

Abstract:
A MEM switch or tunneling sensor assembly for making a MEM switch or tunneling sensor therefrom, the assembly comprising:(a) a beam structure and a mating structure defined on an etch stop formed on a first substrate or wafer, the beam structure being formed from a layer of silicon doped with a dopant; (b) at least one contact structure and a mating structure defined on a second substrate or wafer, the mating structure on the second substrate or wafer being of a complementary shape to the mating structure on the first substrate or wafer; and (c) a pressure/heat sensitive bonding layer disposed on at least one of said mating structures for bonding the mating structure defined on the first substrate or wafer to the mating structure on the second substrate or wafer in response to the application of pressure/heat therebetween.