ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,721, issued on July 14, was assigned to ROBERT BOSCH GMBH (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Micromechanical device comprising a hydrogen drainage layer" was invented by Johannes Boy (Moessingen, Germany) and Leo Rizzi (Reutlingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A micromechanical device. The device includes a MEMS chip which comprises a cavity; an IC chip which includes an IC substrate and at least one IC functional layer, wherein the IC chip is connected to the MEMS chip such that the IC functional layer is disposed between the IC substrate and the cavity. The IC chip includes a hydrogen drainage layer which is disposed between the IC f...