US Patent Issued to Menlo Microsystems on June 23 for "MEMS switch with high off state voltage standoff rating" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,665,140, issued on June 23, was assigned to Menlo Microsystems Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).

"MEMS switch with high off state voltage standoff rating" was invented by Tamir Eran Moran (Petaluma, Calif.), Sanchien Hong (Placentia, Calif.) and Peter Maimone (Orange, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microelectromechanical system (MEMS) switch apparatus for handling input voltages higher than a standoff voltage of each MEMS switch in the MEMS switch apparatus may comprise at least one pair of MEMS switches. Each pair of MEMS switches may comprise a first MEMS switch and a second MEMS switch electrically coupled to the first MEMS switch at a ...