ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,707,984, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Infineon Technologies AG (Neubiberg, Germany).
"Substrate barcode readability enhancement structures and method" was invented by Charles Rimbert-Riviere (Soest, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Substrates for use with semiconductor devices are provided. The substrates include a barcode laser etched into a metallic surface or layer of the substrate. A wall of non-metallic material may be formed on the metallic surface or layer and frame the barcode. Separately or in combination, an optically transparent encapsulant may cover a region of the metallic surface or layer that includes the barco...