US Patent Issued to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS on Sept. 23 for "Barrier structure within a microelectronic enclosure" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,104, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Inc. (Dallas).

"Barrier structure within a microelectronic enclosure" was invented by Jennifer Lynne Holm (Dallas), Simon Joshua Jacobs (Lucas, Texas), Mary Alyssa Drummond Roby (Plano, Texas), Kathryn Anne Schuck (Dallas) and Kelly Jay Taylor (Allen, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device includes a first substrate. The device also includes a barrier structure including a metallic layer on the first substrate, where the barrier structure forms a cavity. The device also includes a second substrate on the metallic layer, where the metallic layer extends between the fir...