ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,483, issued on July 7, was assigned to MELEXIS TECHNOLOGIES NV (Tessenderlo, Belgium).
"Method of manufacturing a sensor device" was invented by Rachel Gleeson (Tessenderlo, Belgium) and Luc Buydens (Tessenderlo, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing a sensor device (100) comprises forming (200) a substrate (102) comprising a sensor element followed by forming (202) a cap layer (104). The cap layer (104) is then bonded (204) to the substrate (102) before the substrate (102) is thinned (206). A via is formed (210) between the sensor element and a back side of the thinned substrate (102). An electrical connect...