US Patent Issued to Thales Alenia Space Italia S.p.A. Con Unico Socio on Sept. 16 for "Capacitive feedthrough for hybrid hermetic modules for space applications" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,418,165, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Thales Alenia Space Italia S.p.A. Con Unico Socio (Rome).

"Capacitive feedthrough for hybrid hermetic modules for space applications" was invented by Paolo Ranieri (Rome), Antonio Salvato (Rome), Elio Picchione (Rome) and Andrea Cafaggi (Rome).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A capacitive feedthrough hermetically sealable to a hybrid module for space applications is provided that includes a multilayer ceramic structure including, on the top face, a metallized top central region designed to receive an input electrical signal to be filtered, a dielectric top region extending around the metallized ...