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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 1996
Filed:
Jul. 31, 1995
Ronald J Gutteridge, Paradise Valley, AZ (US);
Daniel N Koury, Jr, Mesa, AZ (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
A micromachined structure having at least one anchor that includes a supporting substrate with a first and a second foot fixedly positioned on the surface of the substrate and each foot has a supporting edge, which edges are positioned in parallel spaced apart relationship, an elongated tether positioned in spaced relation from the surface of the substrate and extending from the micromachined structure parallel to the parallel supporting edges of the first and the second foot, and first and second risers extending along the supporting edges of the first foot and the second foot, respectively, and rising upwardly to the edges of the tether. The first and the second foot, the first and second risers and the tether being formed integrally by surface micromachining.