ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,261,059, issued on March 25, was assigned to STMICROELECTRONICS (TOURS) SAS (Tours, France).

"Manufacturing method of RF components" was invented by Patrick Hauttecoeur (Saint Cyr sur Loire, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present description concerns a method of manufacturing a device comprising at least one radio frequency component on a semiconductor substrate comprising: a) a laser anneal of a first thickness of the substrate on the upper surface side of the substrate; b) the forming of an insulating layer on the upper surface of the substrate; and c) the forming of said at least one radio frequency component on the insula...