US Patent Issued to Qorvo US on Sept. 23 for "Input structures that include slots that create a stress concentration region in a substrate for strain detection by a sensor" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,314, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Qorvo US Inc. (Greensboro, N.C.).

"Input structures that include slots that create a stress concentration region in a substrate for strain detection by a sensor" was invented by Bryan Low (Mountain View, Calif.), Julius Minglin Tsai (San Jose, Calif.) and Ali Foughi (Atherton, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are input structures that include an input surface and one or more sensor modules attached to the input surface. Each sensor module includes one or more sensors operably attached to a substrate. The one or more sensors are operable to detect strain on the substrate....