Patent ID: 7560802

Claim:
A product ( 10 ) configured as a starting substrate for a manufacture of micro-electronic and/or micro-mechanic devices, comprising: wafer ( 10 ) of a semi-conducting or conducting material, and having a first ( 14 ) and a second ( 16 ) surface, the wafer comprising one or more local depressions ( 75 ) in at least one surface thereof; at least one electrically conducting member ( 12 ) extending through said wafer, wherein the electrically conducting member ( 12 ) is insulated from surrounding material of the wafer by a finite layer ( 15 ) of an insulating material; and the electronically conducting member ( 12 ) comprises a same material as the wafer, i.e. it is made from the wafer material, and the at least one electrically conductive member is essentially flush with a bottom surface of said one or more depressions.