Semiconductor devices and method of fabricating them

Claim 1

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE COMPRISING A BODY OF ELECTRONIC SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIAL, FIRST ELONGATED RESILIENT ELECTRODE MEANS HAVING ONE END IN PHYSICAL CONTACT WITH A SURFACE OF SAID BODY, A GLASS HOUSING INTIMATELY BONDED TO SAID SURFACE AND TO THE PORTION OF SAID ELECTRODE MEANS INCLUDING SAID ONE END, SAID GLASS HOUSING FORMING A HERMETIC SEAL AROUND THE REGION OF SAID PHYSICAL CONTACT AND CONSTITUTING A RIGID MASS HOLDING SAID ONE END OF SAID FIRST ELECTRODE MEANS AND SAID BODY IN PHYSICAL CONTACT WITH EACH OTHER, SECOND ELONGATED RIGID ELECTRODE MEANS CONNECTED AT ONE END TO SAID BODY, AND SECOND GLASS HOUSING MEANS SURROUNDING SAID SPACED FROM SAID FIRST-NAMED GLASS HOUSING AND SAID BODY, SAID SECOND HOUSING MEANS BEING HERMETICALLY BONDED TO SAID FIRST AND SECOND ELECTRODE MEANS AT INTERMEDIATE PORTIONS OF EACH WITH THE FREE ENDS OF SAID ELECTRODE MEANS EXTENDING TO THE EXTERIOR OF SAID SECOND HOUSING MEANS, SAID SECOND ELECTRODE MEANS BEING OF LARGER CROSS-SECTION THAN SAID FIRST ELECTRODE MEANS AND SUPPORTING SAID BODY FIRMLY WITHIN SAID SECOND HOUSING, A RESILIENT PORTION OF SAID FIRST ELECTRODE MEANS EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID GLASS HOUSINGS, WHEREBY SAID PHYSICAL CONTACT IS STABLY INDEPENDENT OF ALTERNATING IN THE PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS OF SAID SECOND HOUSING MEANS.