Patent ID: 7217369

Claim:
A method for fabricating a meso-microelectromechanical system, comprising: forming a first electrostatic pattern within a device region of a substrate from a metal layer on the substrate; disposing a sacrificial photodielectric layer over the device region; exposing the sacrificial photodielectric layer to form at least one latent standoff region; coating top and bottom surfaces of a glass dielectric with an electrostatic material; laminating the coated glass dielectric to the sacrificial photodielectric layer; forming a patterned protective layer on the coated glass dielectric having a pattern of a glass beam that includes a second electrostatic pattern substantially co-extensive with the first electrostatic pattern; removing glass and electrostatic material not within the pattern of the glass beam; and removing portions of the sacrificial photodielectric layer other than the at least one latent standoff region, thereby forming at least one standoff.