US Patent Issued to Connaught Electronics on Nov. 11 for "Apparatus and method for position sensing in MEMS actuators using temperature resistance variations" (Irish, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,725, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Connaught Electronics Ltd. (Ireland).

"Apparatus and method for position sensing in MEMS actuators using temperature resistance variations" was invented by Gerard Conway (Troy, Mich.), Margaret Glavin (County Galway, Ireland), Terrance Gus McDonald (Tuam County, Ireland) and Enda Leo Stockwell (Tuam County, Ireland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In the field of micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) for autofocus camera systems, a MEMS device comprises a fixed part, a movable platform with an image sensor, and temperature sensors on both the platform and fixed part. A processor calculates the t...