US Patent Issued to INVENSENSE, TDK ELECTRONICS on July 14 for "Electrodes for microelectromechanical system microphones" (American, Danish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,684,299, issued on July 14, was assigned to INVENSENSE INC (San Jose, Calif.) and TDK ELECTRONICS AG (Munich).

"Electrodes for microelectromechanical system microphones" was invented by Joseph Seeger (Menlo Park, Calif.) and Dennis Mortensen (Bagsvaerd, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to split electrodes for microelectromechanical system (MEMS) microphones. In one embodiment, a MEMS sensor includes a membrane, a membrane electrode formed in a portion of the membrane, and a backplate situated parallel to the membrane and separated by a gap. The backplate includes a first region of the backplate, where ...