US Patent Issued to MURATA MANUFACTURING on Sept. 2 for "Device having an anodic porous region surrounded by a trench having an electrical isolation barrier" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,406,811, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

"Device having an anodic porous region surrounded by a trench having an electrical isolation barrier" was invented by Brigitte Soulier (Grenoble, France) and Frederic Voiron (Barraux, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical device that includes: a metal barrier layer; an anodic porous oxide region on the metal barrier layer; a trench around the anodic porous oxide region reaching the metal barrier layer; a liner at least on a wall of the trench on a side of the anodic porous oxide region forming an electrical isolation barrier and h...