Patents by Inventor Montgomery C. Rivers

Montgomery C. Rivers has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Three dimensional folded MEMS technology for multi-axis sensor systems
    Patent number: 8368154
    Abstract: An apparatus is fabricated with a plurality of semiconductor-device substrates and/or MEMS substrates with micromachined sensors, circuits, transducers, and/or MEMS devices fabricated on the plurality of substrates. A plurality of flexible hinges couple the plurality of substrates into a substantially flat two dimensional foldable assembly. Electrical interconnects coupled to the sensors, circuits, transducers, and/or MEMS devices extend other ones of the plurality of substrates. The foldable assembly of substrates is assembled or folded into a three dimensional polyhedral structure with the plurality of substrates configured in three dimensions to form defined relative orientations in space with respect to each other. The invention includes a wafer scale method of fabricating the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Alexander Trusov, Montgomery C. Rivers, Sergei A. Zotov, Andrei M. Shkel
  • THREE DIMENSIONAL FOLDED MEMS TECHNOLOGY FOR MULTI-AXIS SENSOR SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20120032286
    Abstract: An apparatus is fabricated with a plurality of semiconductor-device substrates and/or MEMS substrates with micromachined sensors, circuits, transducers, and/or MEMS devices fabricated on the plurality of substrates. A plurality of flexible hinges couple the plurality of substrates into a substantially flat two dimensional foldable assembly. Electrical interconnects coupled to the sensors, circuits, transducers, and/or MEMS devices extend other ones of the plurality of substrates. The foldable assembly of substrates is assembled or folded into a three dimensional polyhedral structure with the plurality of substrates configured in three dimensions to form defined relative orientations in space with respect to each other. The invention includes a wafer scale method of fabricating the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Alexander Trusov, Montgomery C. Rivers, Sergei A. Zotov, Andrei M. Shkel