US Patent Issued to Analog Devices International UnLtd. on Jan. 20 for "Active charge bleed methods for MEMS switches" (Irish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,531,200, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Analog Devices International UnLtd. Co. (Limerick, Ireland).

"Active charge bleed methods for MEMS switches" was invented by Padraig Fitzgerald (County Limerick, Ireland), David Aherne (Limerick, Ireland), Patrick M. McGuinness (County Limerick, Ireland), Naveen Dhull (County Limerick, Ireland), Michael James Twohig (County Limerick, Ireland), Philip James Brennan (County Limerick, Ireland) and Donal P. McAuliffe (County Limerick, Ireland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Impedance paths for integrated circuits having microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) switches that allow for electrical charge ...