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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2006
Applicants:
Man Wong, New Territories, HK;
Yitshak Zohar, Kowloon, HK;
Inventors:
Man Wong, New Territories, HK;
Yitshak Zohar, Kowloon, HK;
Assignee:
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kowloon, HK;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/20 (2006.01); H01L 29/84 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides an integrated electronic microphone formed as part of a semiconductor device, and a manufacturing method therefor. The microphone is formed with a sensing electrode as part of a sensing membrane, and the sensing electrode is connected to the gate of a sensing transistor to provide an output. The microphone may be operated in constant bias or constant charge mode.