Patent ID: 8470631

Claim:
A method for manufacturing capped MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical System) components, comprising: producing a plurality of MEMS units on a component wafer; mounting a capping wafer on the component wafer, so that each MEMS unit is provided with a capping structure; separating the capped MEMS units to form MEMS components; providing a diaphragm layer in a surface of the capping wafer by producing, using a surface micromechanical method, at least one cavern underneath the diaphragm layer; forming support points that connect the diaphragm layer to a substrate underneath the cavern; mounting the capping wafer on the component wafer in flip-chip technology, so that the MEMS units of the component wafer are capped by the diaphragm layer; and subsequently cutting-through the support points in order to remove the substrate.