Patent ID: 8878312

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a first substrate that includes a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) device; a second substrate that includes a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device formed therein; an insulator disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; and an electrical bypass structure extending through the second substrate and the insulator, the electrical bypass structure contacting a portion of the first substrate and a portion of the second substrate through which the electrical bypass structure extends; wherein the electrical bypass structure is electrically isolated from the MEMS device in the second substrate and any device included in the first substrate; wherein a recess in the second substrate electrically isolates the portion of the second substrate and electrical bypass structure from the MEMS device, the recess extending from a top surface to a bottom surface of the second substrate and residing adjacent to the portion of the second substrate; and wherein the electrical bypass structure comprises a plurality of conductive features extending through the second substrate and the insulator, one of the plurality of the conductive features being located between a plurality of movable portions of the MEMS device.