ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,699,290, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Soitec (Bernin, France).
"Method for manufacturing a thermo-optic component" was invented by Corrado Sciancalepore (Saint-Martin-le-Vinoux, France), Bruno Ghyselen (Seyssinet, France), Alain Delpy (Tullins, France), Celine Cailler (Gieres, France), David Herisson (Eybens, France) and Aziz Alamidrissi (Le Touvet, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for manufacturing a thermo-optic component comprises the following steps: a) providing a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate comprising: a surface layer made of single-crystal silicon, extending in a main plane and placed on a dielectric lay...