ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,482,680, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Nexperia B.V. (Nijmegen, Netherlands).

"Method of aligning and placing an electronic component and a system for aligning and placing an electronic component" was invented by Raymond Rosmalen (Nijmegen, Netherlands), Erik Stens (Nijmegen, Netherlands) and Thijs Kniknie (Nijmegen, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a technology of manufacturing electronic components, especially semiconductor components with an irregular shape. The present disclosure provides an improved alignment method and system which may be used in cases, where features on a top surfac...