ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,367, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas).

"Systems and techniques for forming silicon-on-oxide-on-silicon structures" was invented by Alexander A. Demkov (Austin, Texas), John Elliott Ortmann Jr. (Austin, Texas) and Agham Posadas (Round Rock, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some embodiments of the present technology simplify the process of producing SOI wafers significantly compared to traditional methods. Furthermore, various embodiments provide a route for the integration of perovskite transition metal oxide thin films with different properties into SOI wafers. As...