US Patent Issued to Meridian Innovation on Feb. 17 for "Device having a metamaterial-based focusing annulus lens above a MEMS component and method of manufacturing thereof" (Singaporean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,776, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Meridian Innovation Pte Ltd (Singapore).

"Device having a metamaterial-based focusing annulus lens above a MEMS component and method of manufacturing thereof" was invented by Wan Chia Ang (Singapore), Ilker Ender Ocak (Singapore) and Piotr Kropelnicki (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) device embedded with microelectromechanical system (MEMS) components in a MEMS region. The MEMS components, for example, are infrared (IR) thermosensors. The device is encapsulated with a CMOS compatible IR transparent cap to hermetically seal the device usi...