US Patent Issued to GlobalFoundries U.S. on Dec. 9 for "Microfluidic channel structure and method" (Belgian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,511, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc. (Malta, N.Y.).

"Microfluidic channel structure and method" was invented by Bartlomiej J. Pawlak (Leuven, Belgium), Ramsey M. Hazbun (Colchester, Vt.), Siva P. Adusumilli (South Burlington, Vt.) and Mark D. Levy (Williston, Vt.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a semiconductor structure including a monocrystalline silicon layer having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. A cavity extends into the first semiconductor layer at the second surface. The structure also includes a polycrystalline silicon layer adjacent to the second surface ...