Patent ID: 8004052

Claim:
An input control device for inputting a signal representative of an applied force into a processing system comprising: a sensor die comprising: a substrate; at least one rigid island element formed in the substrate; an elastic element surrounding said at least one rigid island element within said substrate; a frame surrounding said elastic element; and at least one IC component located on the elastic element and responsive to a force applied to the elastic element; at least one force-transferring element coupled to the at least one rigid island element formed in the substrate, wherein a force applied to the at least one force-transferring element is transferred to the at least one rigid island element and thereby transferred to the elastic element and to the at least one IC component, such that the at least one IC component produces, in response to the force applied, a signal representative of the force applied; and at least one electronic circuit coupled to the at least one IC component, where the at least one electronic circuit receives the signal representative of the force applied and in response produces an output signal proportional to the force; wherein the sensor die has terminal pads on a first surface wherein the terminal pads are coupled to one of: the at least one IC component, the at least one electronic circuit or both the at least one IC component and the electronic circuit; and wherein an access to the at least one rigid island element for applying force is provided from the first surface of the sensor die.