ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,417,966, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings Inc. (Lowell, Mass.).

"IPD components having SiC substrates and devices and processes implementing the same" was invented by Donald Farrell (Raleigh, N.C.), Marvin Marbell (Cary, N.C.), Jeremy Fisher (Raleigh, N.C.), Dan Namishia (Wake Forest, N.C.), Scott Sheppard (Chapel Hill, N.C.) and Dan Etter (Durham, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transistor device includes a metal submount; a transistor die arranged on said metal submount; at least one integrated passive device (IPD) component that includes a substrate arranged on said metal submount; and one...