Conductive devices and method for making the same

Claim 1

A METHOD OF MAKING AN INTEGRAL, STRIATED CONTAINER FOR AN ELECTRIC CIRCUIT ELEMENT HAVING AT LEAST TWO ELECTRODES, WHICH COMPRISES THE STEPS OF: OXIDIZING A SURFACE OF A BODY OF READILY OXIDIZABLE ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL HAVING A STRONGLY ADHERENT, READILY REDUCIBLE OXIDE TO FORM AN INSULATING OXIDE LAYER UPON SAID SURFACE, REDUCING A PORTION OF SAID INSULATING OXIDE LAYER TO FORM A LAYER OF ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL SEPARATED AND INSULATED FROM SAID BODY BY SAID INSULATING OXIDE LAYER, THEREBY OBTAINING A STRIATED STRUCTURE, FORMING A CAVITY IN SAID STRIATED STRUCTURE, SAID CAVITY EXTENDING THROUGH ONE OF THE CONDUCTIVE PORTIONS OF SAID STRUCTURE AND THROUGH SAID OXIDIZED LAYER, DISPOSING AN ELECTRIC CIRCUIT ELEMENT HAVING AT LEAST TWO ELECTRODES IN SAID CAVITY, AND MAKING ELECTRICAL CONNECTION FROM EACH OF SAID ELECTRODES TO A DIFFERENT ONE OF THE CONDUCTIVE LAYERS.

Claim 2

A METHOD OF MAKING AN INTEGRAL, STRIATED CONTAINER FOR AN ELECTRIC CIRCUIT ELEMENT HAVING AT LEAST TWO ELECTRODES, WHICH COMPRISES THE STEPS OF: OXIDIZING A SURFACE OF A BODY OF READILY OXIDIZABLE ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL HAVING A STRONGLY ADHERENT, READILY REDUCIBLE OXIDE TO FORM AN INSULATING OXIDE LAYER UPON SAID SURFACE, REDUCING A PORTION OF SAID INSULATING OXIDE LAYER TO FORM A LAYER OF ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL SEPARATED AND INSULATED FROM SAID BODY BY SAID INSULATING OXIDE LAYER, THEREBY OBTAINING A STRIATED STRUCTURE, FORMING A CAVITY IN SAID STRIATED STRUCTURE, SAID CAVITY EXTENDING THROUGH ONE OF THE CONDUCTIVE PORTIONS OF SAID STRUCTURE AND THROUGH SAID OXIDIZED LAYER, DISPOSING AN ELECTRIC CIRCUIT ELEMENT HAVING AT LEAST TWO ELECTRODES IN SAID CAVITY, AND MAKING ELECTRICAL CONNECTION FROM EACH OF SAID ELECTRODES TO A DIFFERENT ONE OF THE CONDUCTIVE LAYERS.