US Patent Issued to Lawrence Semiconductor Research Laboratory on Jan. 20 for "Engineered substrates, free-standing semiconductor microstructures, and related systems and methods" (Arizona, Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,696, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Lawrence Semiconductor Research Laboratory Inc. (Tempe, Ariz.).

"Engineered substrates, free-standing semiconductor microstructures, and related systems and methods" was invented by Chantal Arena (Mesa, Ariz.), Nupur Bhargava (Hillsboro, Ore.) and Alec Fischer (Chandler, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A free-standing microstructure may be formed from an engineered substrate including a first silicon layer, a second silicon layer, and an intermediate layer. The second silicon layer may include a monocrystalline silicon film. The intermediate layer may be between the first silicon layer and...