ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,320, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to 4K-MEMS SA (St Blaise, Switzerland).
"High-temperature infrared radiator element and methods" was invented by Matthias Imboden (St Blaise, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An IR radiator element suitable for use as a miniature infrared emitter (micro-hotplate) in a gas sensor, IR-spectrometer or electron microscope. The micro-hotplate comprises a plate supported by multiple support arms. The plate and arms are fabricated as a MEMS device comprising a single contiguous piece of electrically-conducting refractory ceramic such as hafnium carbide (HfC) or tantalum hafnium carbide (TaHfC)....