US Patent Issued to ASM IP Holding on May 12 for "Systems, devices, and methods for forming layers comprising a group 14 element, a pnictogen, and a chalcogen" (Belgian, Finnish, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,448, issued on May 12, was assigned to ASM IP Holding B.V. (Amsterdam).

"Systems, devices, and methods for forming layers comprising a group 14 element, a pnictogen, and a chalcogen" was invented by Bart Vermeulen (Dresden, Germany), Varun Sharma (Helsinki), Jerome Innocent (Leuven, Belgium), Charles Dezelah (Helsinki) and Michael Eugene Givens (Oud-Heverlee, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are methods for forming layers comprising a group 14 element, a pnictogen, and a chalcogen. In some embodiments, the group 14 element comprises germanium, the pnictogen comprises antimony, and the chalcogen comprises tellurium. The...