Patent ID: 7011986

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a housing for a chip having a micromechanical structure, comprising: providing a base having first contact elements on a main face of the base; applying a first photolithographically patternable layer onto at least a partial area of the main face of the base; photolithographical patterning of the first layer for exposing the first contact elements; providing a chip having a micromechanical structure arranged on a main face of the chip between second contact elements; applying a second photolithographically patternable layer onto at least a partial area of the main face of the chip; photolithographical patterning of the second photolithographically patternable layer for generating a recess surrounded by a wall in the second photolithographically patternable layer in the area of the micromechanical structure and for exposing the second contact elements; joining the base and the chip such that the main face of the chip and the main face of the base are facing each other and that the respective first and second contact elements are connected to each other; and removing the base for exposing the first contact elements at the exposed main face of the first photolithographically patternable layer.