US Patent Issued to STMicroelectronics on Dec. 30 for "Biaxial microelectromechanical mirror device with piezoelectric actuation" (Italian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,749, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to STMicroelectronics S.r.l. (Agrate Brianza, Italy).

"Biaxial microelectromechanical mirror device with piezoelectric actuation" was invented by Nicolo' Boni (Mountain View, Calif.), Roberto Carminati (Piancogno, Italy) and Massimiliano Merli (Pavia, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microelectromechanical-mirror device has a fixed structure defining an external frame delimiting a cavity, an internal frame arranged above the cavity and defining a window, and a tiltable structure with a reflective surface and arranged in the window. Elastically coupled to the internal frame by first and secon...