US Patent Issued to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS on March 24 for "MEMS switch" (Oklahoma, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,586,736, issued on March 24, was assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Inc. (Dallas).

"MEMS switch" was invented by Gokhan Ariturk (Norman, Okla.) and Adam Fruehling (Garland, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microelectromechanical system (MEMS) switch implemented with a coplanar waveguide. The MEMS switch includes an input terminal, an output terminal. The MEMS switch includes a beam extending between the input terminal and the output terminal. The beam includes a first edge and a second edge coupled to a gate of the MEMS switch. The beam includes a third edge proximate the input terminal. The first edge includes a first set of finger co...