Patent ID: 8841156

Claim:
A method for producing a micro-electromechanical semiconductor component, comprising the following steps: providing a first semiconductor substrate having an upper face; providing a second semiconductor substrate having an upper face; forming a cavity in the upper face of at least one of the first semiconductor substrate and the second semiconductor substrate; bonding the first semiconductor substrate and the second semiconductor substrate resting on each other by their upper faces; forming electrical components, electronic components, or both electrical components and electronic components in at least one of the two semiconductor substrates, on at least one of the two semiconductor substrates, or both in at least one of the two semiconductor substrates and on at least one of the two semiconductor substrates prior to etching said opening entering said cavity; and etching, into one of the first semiconductor substrate and the second semiconductor substrate, an opening entering the cavity; wherein the electrical components, the electronic components, or both the electrical components and the electronic components are formed after bonding the two semiconductor substrates and prior to etching the opening entering the cavity.