ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,550,675, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to KULICKE & SOFFA NETHERLANDS B.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
"Dynamic release tapes for assembly of discrete components" was invented by Val Marinov (Fargo, N.D.) and Yuriy Atanasov (Fargo, N.D.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes positioning a discrete component assembly on a support fixture of a component transfer system, the discrete component assembly including a dynamic release tape including a flexible support layer, and a dynamic release structure disposed on the flexible support layer, and a discrete component adhered to the dynamic release tape. The method includes irradiati...