ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,648, issued on July 29, was assigned to STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l. (Agrate Brianza, Italy).
"Connecting strip for discrete and power electronic devices" was invented by Agatino Minotti (Mascalucia, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connecting strip of conductive elastic material having an arched shape having a concave side and a convex side. The connecting strip is fixed at the ends to a support carrying a die with the convex side facing the support. During bonding, the connecting strip undergoes elastic deformation and presses against the die, thus electrically connecting the at least one die to the support."
The patent was fil...