US Patent Issued to Knowles Electronics on Sept. 8 for "Micro-electro-mechanical systems microphone with increased back volume" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,732,742, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Knowles Electronics LLC (Itasca, Ill.).

"Micro-electro-mechanical systems microphone with increased back volume" was invented by Chris Monti (Itasca, Ill.) and John Szczech (Itasca, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) microphone can include a housing, an integrated circuit (IC), and a MEMS transducer. The housing can include a cover mounted on a base having a first printed circuit board (PCB) facing a second PCB. A first recess can be located in the base and be at least partially defined by an aperture through the first PCB. A second recess can be locate...