Patent ID: 8232524

Claim:
A device for detecting electromagnetic radiation comprising a substrate and at least one microstructure comprising a membrane which is sensitive to said radiation and extends substantially opposite and away from said substrate, said membrane being directly or indirectly mechanically attached to at least two elongated, straight axised and collinear support legs, wherein at least one of said support legs is mechanically connected to the substrate by a post which is integral with said substrate, said membrane also being in electrical continuity with the substrate, wherein said at least two of said support legs are detached from the membrane along their full length and are attached to each other at the level of one of their ends to the membrane by means of a mechanical connector which is essentially co-planar with said support legs and the membrane, wherein the other end of the at least one of said support legs extending in a straight axis direction, is integral with a rigid cross piece, wherein said cross piece: is substantially co-planar with said support legs and said membrane, has a first part which is integral with said post, and has a second part which is integral with said first part and said support legs, wherein said second part: has an elongated shape, and extends from said first part substantially perpendicular to the straight axis direction of said support legs.