ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,212,925, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to SKYWORKS GLOBAL PTE. LTD. (Singapore).

"Piezoelectric microelectromechanical system corrugated microphone" was invented by Yu Hui (Merced, Calif.), Guofeng Chen (Fremont, Calif.), Kwang Jae Shin (Yongin, South Korea) and Myeong Gweon Gu (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A piezoelectric microelectromechanical system microphone comprises a support substrate, a piezoelectric element configured to deform and generate an electrical potential responsive to impingement of sound waves on the piezoelectric element, the piezoelectric element attached to the support substrate about a peri...