US Patent Issued to STMICROELECTRONICS on Sept. 8 for "MEMS device with an improved cap and related manufacturing process" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,110, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l. (Agrate Brianza, Italy).

"MEMS device with an improved cap and related manufacturing process" was invented by Giorgio Allegato (Monza, Italy), Silvia Nicoli (Briosco, Italy), Anna Alessandri (Vimercate, Italy) and Matteo Garavaglia (Magenta, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Electronic device including: a MEMS sensor device including a functional structure which transduces a chemical or physical quantity into a corresponding electrical quantity; a cap including a semiconductive substrate; and a bonding dielectric region, which mechanically couples the cap to the MEM...