ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,720, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to InvenSense Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).
"MEMS electrical and physical connection via solder couplings" was invented by Peter George Hartwell (Menlo Park, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A MEMS device, comprising a plurality of stacked layers, includes a plurality of solder couplings that mechanically fasten and electrically couple the MEMS device to an external component. The plurality of solder couplings is connected atop a portion of an upper surface that extends past an edge surface of a MEMS layer to form a shelf and are electrically connected via the shelf to receive signals generated ...