Patent ID: 7270868

Claim:
A component, comprising: a functional layer; a surface micromechanical structure produced in the functional layer and including movable elements and immovable elements; at least one electrically non-conductive first insulation layer; at least one first sacrificial layer; an electroconductive layer that is structured and that is contactingly situated vertically between the at least one electrically non-conductive first insulation layer and the at least one first sacrificial layer; and a substrate to which is connected the functional layer via the at least one electrically non-conductive first insulation layer and the at least one first sacrificial layer, wherein: the movable elements are exposed by partially removing the at least one first sacrificial layer in the area of the movable elements, the at least one electrically non-conductive first insulation layer includes a material that is substantially not attacked in the removing of the at least one first sacrificial layer, in a first area of the immovable elements the functional layer is in direct contact with the electroconductive layer and in a second area the functional layer is in direct contact with the at least one first sacrificial layer, and the component is configured to perform an intended functionality of the component.