Patent ID: 7803646

Claim:
A method for producing a component having a semiconductor substrate, comprising: rendering a semiconductor material porous; etching at least one recess into the material that has been rendered porous to generate at least one thermally decoupled region defined by the at least one recess; covering an upper opening of the at least one recess and at least a portion of the semiconductor material that has been rendered porous with a cover layer; and after the covering, developing at least one thermally decoupled pattern over the at least one thermally decoupled region such that the cover layer is disposed between the at least one thermally decoupled pattern and the at least a portion of the semiconductor material that has been rendered porous, the cover layer laterally overlapping an upwardly directed surface of the rendered-porous semiconductor material during the developing of the at least one thermally decoupled pattern wherein the cover layer directly contacts the top surface of the rendered-porous semiconductor material during the developing of the at least one thermally decoupled pattern.