Patent ID: 7629194

Claim:
A method of fabricating a switch comprising: providing a substrate; depositing first conductive material on the substrate to form an anchor pad, a first bias substrate electrode, and a second bias substrate electrode; depositing a support layer on the first conductive material and the substrate so that an upper contour of the support layer follows a first contour of the first bias substrate electrode; forming an anchor receptacle in the support layer to expose the anchor pad; depositing a first beam structural layer on the support layer, the first beam structural layer having a first arm projecting in a first direction from the anchor receptacle and having a second arm projecting in a second direction from the anchor receptacle and a bottom contour in the first arm of the first beam structural layer having a form to provide a means for latching the first bias substrate electrode to the first beam structural layer; forming a first contact receptacle in the first arm at or near an end of the first arm; forming a second contact receptacle in the second arm at or near an end of the second arm; depositing second conductive material on a portion of the first arm, on a portion of the second arm, in the anchor receptacle, and in the first and second contact receptacles; depositing a second beam structural layer on the first beam structural layer and on the second conductive material; and removing the support layer.