US Patent Issued to X Display Company Technology on March 11 for "Multi-level micro-device tethers" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,249,532, issued on March 11, was assigned to X Display Co. Technology Ltd. (Dublin).

"Multi-level micro-device tethers" was invented by Christopher Andrew Bower (Raleigh, N.C.), Matthew Meitl (Durham, N.C.), Salvatore Bonafede (Chapel Hill, N.C.), Brook Raymond (Cary, N.C.) and Carl Ray Prevatte Jr. (Raleigh, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exemplary wafer structure comprises a source wafer having a patterned sacrificial layer defining anchor portions separating sacrificial portions. A patterned device layer is disposed on or over the patterned sacrificial layer, forming a device anchor on each of the anchor portions. One or more...