ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,545, issued on March 24, was assigned to STMICROELECTRONICS (TOURS) SAS (Tours, France).
"Electronic chip with contacts" was invented by Olivier Ory (Tours, France) and Michael De Cruz (Monnaie, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to at least one embodiment of an electronic chip that includes an integrated circuit formed in and on a semiconductor substrate. The flanks of the substrate being coated with a second protective resin. The electronic chip further includes at least one metal contact arranged on a first face of the semiconductor substrate and extending laterally beyond the flanks of the secon...