ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,260, issued on March 24, was assigned to STMicroelectronics (Rousset) SAS (Rousset, France).
"Radio frequency switch" was invented by Pascal Fornara (Pourrieres, France), Christian Rivero (Rousset, France) and Franck Julien (La Penne sur Huveaune, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing a radio frequency switch includes the steps of: forming a first silicide layer on a second conductive or semiconductor layer; forming a third insulating layer on the first layer; forming a cavity in the third insulating layer reaching the first silicide layer; forming a fourth metal layer in the cavity in contact with the firs...