ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,332,480, issued on June 17, was assigned to GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. Inc. (Malta, N.Y.).
"Identification system" was invented by Arpan Dasgupta (Beacon, N.Y.), Norman W. Robson (Hopewell Junction, N.Y.) and Danny Moy (Bethel, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to an identification system, method of manufacture and method of use. The structure includes at least one waveguide structure and at least one damaged region positioned in a unique pattern on the at least one waveguide structure."
The patent was filed on Dec. 6, 2022, under Application No. 18/076,265....