US Patent Issued to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS on July 21 for "Micro-acoustic resonator springy anchor based on offset acoustic reflector trenches" (Florida, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,611, issued on July 21, was assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Inc. (Dallas).

"Micro-acoustic resonator springy anchor based on offset acoustic reflector trenches" was invented by Hakhamanesh Mansoorzare (Orlando, Fla.), Ting-Ta Yen (San Jose, Calif.) and Yao Yu (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A circuit includes: integrated circuit (IC) layers; a cavity formed in at least one of the IC layers; and a micro-acoustic resonator suspended in the cavity by an anchor. The anchor includes: a bridge portion coupled to the micro-acoustic resonator and extending over the cavity; a first acoustic reflector portion adjacent the bridge...