Patent ID: 7603910

Claim:
A method for fabricating a micro-electromechanical capacitive strain sensor, comprising: fabricating first bent beam, second bent beam and a straight center beam from single silicon crystal; providing first and second anchors made out of insulating-material to electrically isolate said first and second bent beams and said straight center beam such that said first and second bent beams and said center beam are disposed in an X-axis direction between said first and second anchors, wherein said first and second anchors are disposed in a Y-axis direction and said straight center beam is located between said first and second bent beams; providing conducting links operably coupled to said first and second bent beams and said center beam; and wherein the step of fabricating first and second bent beams is performed in such a fashion that said first and second bent beams each comprise first and second opposite end rafter segments and a straight middle collar segment therebetween.