US Patent Issued to SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES on Oct. 14 for "Optical sensor transparent cover with array contact grid" (California, Idaho Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,687, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES LLC (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"Optical sensor transparent cover with array contact grid" was invented by Brian Anthony Vaartstra (Nampa, Idaho) and Larry Duane Kinsman (Redding, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A package includes an optical sensor die, a support grid structure disposed on the optical sensor die, and an optically transparent cover attached to the support grid structure. A surface of the optical sensor die includes an optically active surface area (OASA) and an edge surface portion lying outside a perimeter of the OASA. The support grid structu...