ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,339, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to ILLUMINA INC. (San Diego).
"Sensors having an active surface" was invented by Arvin Emadi (Hayward, Calif.), Arnaud Rival (Saint Nazaire les Eymes, France) and Ali Agah (Menlo Park, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed in one example is an apparatus including a substrate, a sensor over the substrate including an active surface and a sensor bond pad, a molding layer over the substrate and covering sides of the sensor, the molding layer having a molding height relative to a top surface of the substrate that is greater than a height of the active surface of the sensor relative to the to...