ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,470,874, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Infineon Technologies AG (Neubiberg, Germany).
"MEMS device and method for operating a MEMS device" was invented by Christian Bretthauer (Munich), Andreas Bogner (Munich), Gabriele Bosetti (Munich) and Niccolo De Milleri (Villach, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A MEMS device and a method for operating a MEMS device are provided. The MEMS device comprises a piezoelectric transducer element having at least a first piezoelectric transducer region and a deflectable structure, wherein the deflectable structure comprises the piezoelectric transducer element. The MEMS device further comprises ...