Patent ID: 8102590

Claim:
An electromechanical device, comprising: a substrate; a moveable element over the substrate and separated from the substrate by a cavity, the movable element having a deformable layer configured to move through the cavity; and one or more flexure controllers over the substrate configured so as to operably support the moveable element and to form the cavity between the substrate and the movable element, wherein at least a portion of at least one flexure controller is connected to and overlies a portion of the deformable layer of a movable element so that the portion of the deformable layer connected to the at least one flexure controller is between the at least one flexure controller and the substrate; wherein the at least one flexure controller includes a movable wing portion that is connected to the deformable layer of a movable element, the wing portion positioned angled away from the substrate when the deformable layer is in an unactuated state such that wing portion holds the deformable layer further away from the substrate relative to the position of the deformable layer when the wing portion is positioned parallel to the substrate.