Patent ID: 8343805

Claim:
A method, comprising: forming a plurality of semiconductor microelectromechanical system (MEMS) devices in laterally spaced positions in a grid-like pattern on a bottom wafer, including forming electrical contact pads for each device on the bottom wafer proximate the respective devices in the spacings between adjacent devices; bonding a top wafer to the bottom wafer over the devices and contact pads, the top wafer being bonded to the bottom wafer at bonds between the devices and their associated contact pads; making partial cuts downwardly into the top wafer proximate the devices, between the bonds and at least portions of the contact pads, leaving tabs holding segments of the top wafer between adjacent devices; and making complete cuts downwardly into the top wafer between the partial cuts, the complete cuts bisecting the segments with the devices on the bottom wafer unsingulated.