US Patent Issued to The Johns Hopkins University on July 28 for "Apparatus for printing wide bandgap semiconductor materials" (Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,500, issued on July 28, was assigned to The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore).

"Apparatus for printing wide bandgap semiconductor materials" was invented by Jarod C. Gagnon (Finksburg, Md.), Michael J. Presley (Silver Spring, Md.), Steven M. Storck (Catonsville, Md.) and Jeffrey P. Maranchi (Clarksburg, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for printing a semiconductor material includes depositing a molten metal onto a substrate in an enclosed chamber to form a trace having a maximum height of 15 micrometers and/or a maximum width of 25 micrometers to 10 millimeters and/or a thin film having a maximum height of 15 micrometer...