ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,604,392, issued on April 14, was assigned to Intel Corp. (Santa Clara, Calif.).
"Diminished printed circuit board (PCB) warpage" was invented by Jonathan W. Thibado (Beaverton, Ore.), John C. Gulick (Portland, Ore.) and Emery E. Frey (Portland, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus is described. The apparatus includes a printed circuit board (PCB), a heating element and a layer of material that is physically integrated with a surface of the PCB. The layer of material is to apply an expansive or contractive force to a surface of the PCB in response to being warmed by heat generated by the heating element. The expansive or cont...