US Patent Issued to GlobalWafers on June 2 for "Methods for producing off-orientation single crystal silicon wafers" (Italian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,200, issued on June 2, was assigned to GlobalWafers Co. Ltd. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Methods for producing off-orientation single crystal silicon wafers" was invented by Carlo Zavattari (Varallo Pombia, Italy), Michael Raffeiner (Parcines, Italy), Paolo Delpero (Merano, Italy), Peter Albrecht (O'Fallon, Mo.), Fabrizio Bonda (Vercelli, Italy), Massimo Gariddi (Oleggio, Italy), Patrizio Pregnolato (Novara, Italy), Pietro Valcozzena (Agordo, Italy) and Maria Porrini (Novara, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for producing an off-orientation single crystal silicon wafer are disclosed. After a single crystal silicon ingot is grown, ...