Patent ID: 7491567

Claim:
A method of packaging a MEMS device, comprising the steps of: providing a MEMS die having a MEMS device substantially enclosed within a support structure, wherein the MEMS die has bond pads disposed thereon; providing a MEMS package having a recess and bond pads disposed adjacent to the recess; positioning the MEMS die over the MEMS package; aligning the support structure substantially enclosing the MEMS device of the MEMS die with the recess of the MEMS package, and aligning at least some of the bond pads of the MEMS die with at least some of the bond pads of the MEMS package; inserting the MEMS die and MEMS package into a chamber and producing a controlled environment therein; and sealing the MEMS die and MEMS package together along a ring to form a package having a hermetically sealed interior chamber that includes the support structure substantially enclosing the MEMS device, as well as forming electrical connections between selected bond pads of the MEMS die with selected bond pads of the MEMS package.