US Patent Issued to Melexis Technologies on Sept. 15 for "Protection of sensing element during moulding" (Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,736,428, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Melexis Technologies NV (Tessenderlo, Belgium).

"Protection of sensing element during moulding" was invented by Ben Maes (Tessenderlo, Belgium), Jian Chen (Tessenderlo, Belgium), Jeroen Didden (Tessenderlo, Belgium), Appo Van Der Wiel (Tessenderlo, Belgium) and Cathleen Rooman (Tessenderlo, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor package comprises an active element with a first region and an opposite second region. The first region includes a sensing structure. The second region comprises at least one contact pad. A moulding compound encapsulates the second region and not the first re...