ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,228,538, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to QUALCOMM Inc. (San Diego).
"Moisture sensor having integrated heating element" was invented by Abhijeet Paul (Escondido, Calif.) and Mishel Matloubian (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an aspect, a device includes: a first patterned metal layer; a first dielectric layer disposed over the first patterned metal layer; a second patterned metal layer disposed over the first dielectric layer, wherein the first patterned metal layer, the first dielectric layer, and the second patterned metal layer form a first capacitor; a second moisture-sensitive dielectric layer disposed over the second...