Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
59 words
A integrated circuit, comprising: a) a semiconductor layer; b) a electronic circuit formed in the semiconductor layer; c) an electrical device electrically connected to the electronic circuit, such electrical device having a corrugated platform with a surface member suspended over the semiconductor layer; and d) wherein such surface member has a supported edge portion and an unsupported edge portion.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
59 words
A integrated circuit, comprising: a) a semiconductor layer; b) a electronic circuit formed in the semiconductor layer; c) an electrical device electrically connected to the electronic circuit, such electrical device having a corrugated platform with a surface member suspended over the semiconductor layer; and d) wherein such surface member has a supported edge portion and an unsupported edge portion.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
55 words
The integrated circuit recited in claim 1 wherein the platform has a leg, a proximate end of the leg being disposed on the semiconductor layer and a distal end being elevated from the semiconductor layer and terminating at the supported edge portion of the surface member to support the surface member over the semiconductor layer.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
12 words
The integrated circuit recited in claim 2 wherein the leg is corrugated.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
13 words
The integrated circuit recited in claim 2 wherein the surface member is corrugated.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
45 words
The integrated circuit recited in claim 2 wherein the surface member has a corrugation formed therein, and wherein such leg has a portion which rises from the semiconductor layer to an elevated region along a predetermined direction, such corrugation being parallel with the predetermined direction.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
16 words
The integrated circuit recited in claim 3 wherein the leg and the surface member are corrugated.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
14 words
The integrated circuit recited in claim 1 wherein the electronic device is a bolometer.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
39 words
A structure, comprising: a) a substrate having a semiconductor layer; b) a corrugated platform having a surface member suspended over the substrate and the semiconductor layer, the surface member having a supported edge portion and an unsupported edge portion.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
39 words
A structure, comprising: a) a substrate having a semiconductor layer; b) a corrugated platform having a surface member suspended over the substrate and the semiconductor layer, the surface member having a supported edge portion and an unsupported edge portion.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
51 words
The structure recited in claim 8 wherein the platform has a leg, a proximate end of the leg being disposed on the substrate and a distal end being elevated from the substrate and terminating at the supported edge portion of the surface member to support the platform over the semiconductor layer.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
11 words
The structure recited in claim 9 wherein the leg is corrugated.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
12 words
The structure recited in claim 9 wherein the surface member is corrugated.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
45 words
The structure circuit recited in claim 9 wherein the surface member has a corrugation formed therein, and wherein such leg has a portion which rises from the semiconductor layer to an elevated region along a predetermined direction, such corrugation being parallel with the predetermined direction.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
15 words
The structure recited in claim 10 wherein the leg and the surface member are corrugated.