US Patent Issued to STMicroelectronics on Jan. 28 for "MEMS actuator for in-plane movement of a mobile mass and optical module comprising the MEMS actuator" (Italian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,209,008, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to STMicroelectronics S.r.l. (Agrate Brianza, Italy).

"MEMS actuator for in-plane movement of a mobile mass and optical module comprising the MEMS actuator" was invented by Nicolo' Boni (Mountain View, Calif.), Gabriele Gattere (Castronno, Italy), Manuel Riani (Como, Italy) and Roberto Carminati (Piancogno, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A MEMS actuator includes a mobile mass suspended over a substrate in a first direction and extending in a plane that defines a second direction and a third direction perpendicular thereto. Elastic elements arranged between the substrate and the mobile mass h...