Patent ID: 7300815

Claim:
A method for fabricating gold contacts of a microswitch, comprising: (1) forming a first gold contact of the microswitch on a substrate; and (2) forming a second gold contact of the microswitch, comprising: (a) depositing a layer of a sacrificial material on the first gold contact and the substrate; (b) forming a layer of a second substrate on the layer of the sacrificial material at a position to anchor the second gold contact; (c) depositing a layer of a gold alloy on the layer of the second substrate; (d) patterning the layer of the gold alloy; (e) removing a portion of the sacrificial material; (f) depositing a layer of a gold on the layer of the sacrificial material; (g) removing at least a portion of the layer of the sacrificial material; and (h) removing at least a portion of the layer of the second substrate.