ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,342,626, issued on June 24, was assigned to GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. Inc. (Malta, N.Y.).
"Switches in bulk substrate" was invented by Mark D. Levy (Williston, Vt.), Siva P. Adusumilli (South Burlington, Vt.), Alvin J. Joseph (Williston, Vt.) and Ramsey Hazbun (Colchester, Vt.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to switches in a bulk substrate and methods of manufacture. The structure includes: at least one active device having a channel region of a first semiconductor material; a single air gap under the channel region of the at least one active device; and a secon...