Patent ID: 6929974

Claim:
A microdevice having a hermetically sealed cavity to house a microstructure, the micro device comprising: a substrate having a top side, a bottom side, and an outer edge, the substrate having a plurality of conductive traces formed on at least a portion of its top side and outer edge, the conductive traces providing electrical connection to the microstructure; a cap having a base portion and a sidewall, the sidewall extending outwardly from the base portion to define a recess in the cap; and an isolation layer attached between at least the sidewall of the cap and the plurality of conductive traces formed on the top side of the substrate, the isolation layer having a gap that defines anchor points and a plurality of contact windows to expose end portions of the conductive traces; wherein the microstructure is mounted to the anchor points of the isolation layer and adjacent to the gap within the hermetically sealed cavity, the hermetically sealed cavity being at least partially defined by the recess in the cap.