US Patent Issued to WOLFSPEED on Oct. 28 for "Hybrid seed structure for crystal growth system" (North Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,768, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to WOLFSPEED INC. (Durham, N.C.).

"Hybrid seed structure for crystal growth system" was invented by Matthew Donofrio (Raleigh, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example seed structure, systems, and methods for conducting crystal growth processes are provided. In one example, the present disclosure provides an example seed structure for a silicon carbide crystal growth system. The seed structure includes a carrier layer. The carrier layer is silicon carbide. The seed structure includes a seed layer bonded to the carrier layer with a bond. The seed layer is crystalline silicon carbide. The seed...