US Patent Issued to GlobalFoundries U.S. on Nov. 3 for "Photonic devices with thermal isolation" (New York, Vermont Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,787,487, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc. (Malta, N.Y.).

"Photonic devices with thermal isolation" was invented by Apoorva Vakil (Clifton Park, N.Y.), Romain Feuillette (Williston, Vt.), Ryan W. Sporer (Mechanicville, N.Y.) and Michal Rakowski (Ballston Lake, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Structures including a photonic device with thermal isolation and related methods. The structure comprises a semiconductor substrate including a first cavity, a second cavity, and a wall between the first cavity and the second cavity. The structure further comprises a photonic device over the first cavity, the second cavi...