ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,230,511, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to STMicroelectronics S.r.l. (Agrate Brianza, Italy).

"Method of manufacturing semiconductor devices and corresponding device" was invented by Fulvio Vittorio Fontana (Monza, Italy) and Marco Rovitto (Milan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "At least one semiconductor chip or die is held within at a chip retaining formation provided in a chip holding device. The chip holding device is then positioned with the at least one semiconductor chip or die arranged facing a chip attachment location in a chip mounting substrate. This positioning produces a cavity between the at least one semiconductor chip or d...