ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,342,130, issued on June 24, was assigned to AAC Technologies Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).
"MEMS optical microphone" was invented by Taimoor Ali (London).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A MEMS optical microphone includes: a housing including an inner cavity and a sound port communicating the inner cavity with outside, a light source configured to emitting a light beam, a MEMS module including a membrane suspended above the sound port, and a first reflective coating coated on a surface of the membrane facing the light source and configured to reflect the light beam; a light detection unit configured to detecting light reflecting from the first ref...