ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,658,395, issued on June 16, was assigned to Analog Devices International UnLtd. Co. (Limerick, Ireland).

"MEMS switch for RF applications" was invented by Padraig Fitzgerald (Mallow, Ireland), Philip James Brennan (Bandon, Ireland), Jiawen Bai (Brighton, Mass.), Michael James Twohig (County Cork, Ireland), Bernard Patrick Stenson (Upper Manister, Ireland), Raymond C. Goggin (Watergrasshill, Ireland), Mark Schirmer (Sunapee, N.H.), Paul Lambkin (Kilmoney, Ireland), Donal P. McAuliffe (Limerick, Ireland), David Aherne (Limerick, Ireland), Cillian Burke (Limerick, Ireland), James Lee Lampen (Douglas, Mass.) and Sumit Majumder (Limerick, Ireland).

According to the abstract* released by t...