US Patent Issued to STMicroelectronics on Feb. 3 for "Silver nanoparticles synthesis method for low temperature and pressure sintering" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,541, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to STMicroelectronics S.r.l. (Agrate Brianza, Italy).

"Silver nanoparticles synthesis method for low temperature and pressure sintering" was invented by Cristina Manola (Belpasso, Italy), Rosa Lucia Torrisi (Calatabiano, Italy), Simone Rascuna (Catania, Italy), Gabriele Bellocchi (Catania, Italy), Annalinda Contino (Valverde, Italy) and Giuseppe Maccarrone (Calatabiano, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure is directed to wide band-gap semiconductor devices, such as power devices based on silicon carbide or gallium nitride materials. A power device die is attached to a carrier substrat...