US Patent Issued to Skyworks Solutions on Jan. 27 for "Piezoelectric microelectromechanical system microphone" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,538,080, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Skyworks Solutions Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Piezoelectric microelectromechanical system microphone" was invented by Siarhei Dmitrievich Barsukou (Takarazuka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A piezoelectric microelectromechanical system microphone has a piezoelectric sensor layer with at least two sensing electrodes and at least one piezoelectric layer. Each piezoelectric layer can deform and generate an electrical potential responsive to impingement of sound waves on the piezoelectric layer. The sensing electrodes and the at least one piezoelectric layer form a stacked electrode structure. ...