Patent ID: 7201937

Claim:
A method of applying a coating to the surface of a MEMS device comprising the steps of: a first step of contacting the surface of the MEMS device with a silane of the formula SiX 3 R, wherein R is a linear or branched, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or aryl group and each X, independently, is an OR′, wherein R′ is a linear or branched, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or aryl group, thereby forming a coating on the surface of the MEMS device wherein SiX 3 R is CF 3 (CF 2 ) 5 CH 2 CH 2 Si(OCH 3 ) 3 ; and a second step of heating the treated MEMS device at a temperature from about 50° C. to about 350° C., wherein during heating of the treated MEMS device, the method further comprises contacting the treated MEMS device with at least one compound having the formula SiXR″ 3 , wherein each R″, independently, is a linear or branched, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or aryl group and X is a halogen atom, H, or OR′, wherein R′ is a linear or branched, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or aryl group wherein SiXR″ 3 is CF 3 (CF 2 ) 5 CH 2 CH 2 Si(CH 3 ) 2 OCH 3 .