ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,532,717, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES (Paris).
"Cationic elements-assisted direct bonding method" was invented by Frank Fournel (Grenoble, France), Aziliz Calvez (Grenoble, France), Vincent Larrey (Grenoble, France) and Christophe Morales (Grenoble, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for manufacturing a multilayer structure by direct bonding between a first substrate and a second substrate, the method including the steps of: providing a first substrate and a second substrate respectively including a first bonding surface and a second bonding surface, contact...