ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,493, issued on May 13, was assigned to IGNITE Inc. (Tokyo).
"MEMS display device with an etch-stop-layer" was invented by Fusao Ishii (Pittsburgh), Victor Stone (Pittsburgh) and Toshitaka Torikai (Sagamihara, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) device includes a substrate, an electronic circuit on the substrate, an electrode electrically connected to the electronic circuit, a movable element that is controlled by applying a voltage between the electrode and the movable element, an insulating layer between the electrode and the electronic circuit, and an etch stop layer. The insulating layer ...