US Patent Issued to Menlo Microsystems on July 22 for "Distributed MEMS switch array design with multiple input/output ports" (California, New York, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,579, issued on July 22, was assigned to Menlo Microsystems Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Distributed MEMS switch array design with multiple input/output ports" was invented by Xu Zhu (Belmont, Mass.), Hajime Terazawa (Carlsbad, Calif.) and Chris Nassar (Ballston Spa, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A micro-relay switch array may comprise an array of micro-relays disposed on a substrate, and a cap disposed over the array of micro-relays, thereby encapsulating the array of micro-relays. The micro-relay switch array may further comprise an array of through-substrate vias (TSVs) associated with the array of micro-relays, arranged such that...