Patent ID: 6937131

Claim:
A self-shadowed microelectromechanical fuse structure for temporarily holding a moveable microelectromechanical structure in place that is shadowed from undesired metalization during a metalization fabrication process step, said self-shadowed fuse structure comprising: a substrate; lower and upper layers of material deposited on said substrate, the moveable microelectromechanical structure being patterned from said lower and upper layers of material providing the moveable microelectromechanical structure with lower and upper layer portions; at least one filament patterned from said lower layer of material, said filament being connected to said lower layer portion of the moveable microelectromechanical structure to temporarily hold the moveable microelectromechanical structure in place; and a tab patterned from said upper layer, wherein said tab shadows an area on said substrate including said filament.