US Patent Issued to FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG on May 13 for "Methods and apparatuses for acoustically testing MEMS devices" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,341, issued on May 13, was assigned to FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. (Munich).

"Methods and apparatuses for acoustically testing MEMS devices" was invented by Tobias Fritsch (Ilmenau, Germany), Tobias ClauB (Ilmenau, Germany), Paul Fritzsche (Ilmenau, Germany) and Matthias Fiedler (Ilmenau, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments provide a method for acoustically testing at least one MEMS device of a plurality of MEMS devices. The method comprises a step of providing at least one MEMS device. Additionally, the method comprises a step of exciting the at least one MEMS device to an acou...