US Patent Issued to SCHOTT on July 22 for "Packaged optoelectric modules with nitride ceramic frames and glass element hermetically closing the frames" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,442, issued on July 22, was assigned to SCHOTT AG (Mainz, Germany).

"Packaged optoelectric modules with nitride ceramic frames and glass element hermetically closing the frames" was invented by Frank Gindele (Schweitenkirchen, Germany), Christian Rakobrandt (Schwindegg, Germany), Alexander Neumeier (Moosburg/Aich, Germany) and Robert Hettler (Kumhausen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stable, hermetically sealed, partially optically transparent package for use to protect optoelectronic components is provided. The package has good cooling for the installed circuit elements and is as stable in relation to temperature and UV. T...