Patent ID: 7948178

Claim:
A hermetic seal for a device, comprising: a) a substrate having an interior substrate surface, an exterior substrate surface, and the device being formed within the perimeter over the interior substrate surface; b) a first substrate strip having a first surface wettability located on the interior substrate surface between the device and the perimeter; c) a second substrate strip having a second surface wettability different from the first surface wettability located on the interior substrate surface between the device and the first substrate strip and in contact with the first substrate strip; d) a first cover strip having the first surface wettability spaced from the first substrate strip within the perimeter; e) a second cover strip having the second surface wettability spaced from the second substrate strip in contact with the first cover strip; f) a sealing member that wets the first substrate strips and first cover strips but not the second substrate strips and second cover strips, adhered to the first substrate strips and first cover strips having the first surface wettability and does not adhere to the second substrate strips and second cover strips having the second surface wettability; and g) a cover disposed over and in direct contact with the first and second cover strips.