US Patent Issued to Qorvo US on July 8 for "MEMS switch with beam contact portion continuously extending between input and output terminal electrodes" (Dutch Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,354,821, issued on July 8, was assigned to Qorvo US Inc. (Greensboro, N.C.).

"MEMS switch with beam contact portion continuously extending between input and output terminal electrodes" was invented by Robertus Petrus Van Kampen (S-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the disclosure are directed to microelectromechanical system (MEMS) switches with a beam contact portion continuously extending between input and output terminal electrodes. In exemplary aspects disclosed herein, the movable beam includes a body and a contact with more conductivity and stiffness than the body. The contact continuously exten...