US Patent Issued to NXP USA on March 24 for "Semiconductor device with self-aligned waveguide and method therefor" (Dutch, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,517, issued on March 24, was assigned to NXP USA INC. (Austin, Texas).

"Semiconductor device with self-aligned waveguide and method therefor" was invented by Michael B. Vincent (Chandler, Ariz.), Scott M. Hayes (Chandler, Ariz.) and Antonius Hendrikus Jozef Kamphuis (Nijmegen, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of forming a self-aligned waveguide is provided. The method includes forming a first alignment feature on a packaged semiconductor device and a second alignment feature on a waveguide structure. A solder material is applied to the first alignment feature or the second alignment feature. The waveguide structur...