ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,700,557, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Inc. (Dallas).
"Electromechanical switch" was invented by Adam Fruehling (Garland, Texas) and Scott Summerfelt (Garland, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes a semiconductor structure having a cavity, a first terminal on a first cavity side, and a second terminal on a second cavity side. The second terminal includes an extension that overlaps part of the cavity. The extension includes a first contact. The apparatus includes a bendable beam extending from the first cavity side and includes a metal layer coupled to the first terminal. The beam has opposite fi...