ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,415, issued on March 3, was assigned to Infineon Technologies AG (Neubiberg, Germany).
"MEMS sound transducer element" was invented by Sebastian Anzinger (Holzkirchen, Germany), Christian Bretthauer (Munich) and Marc Fueldner (Neubiberg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A MEMS sound transducer element is operable in an audio and an ultrasonic range. The MEMS sound transducer element includes a first electrode structure, wherein a conductive material of the first electrode structure includes a plurality of electrically isolated electrode segments, and a second electrode structure spaced apart from the first electrode structure, ...