METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES, CORRESPONDING APPARATUS AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20230215819A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-06

    申请号:US18121145

    申请日:2023-03-14

    Inventor: Paolo CREMA

    Abstract: A leadframe has a die pad area and an outer layer of a first metal having a first oxidation potential. The leadframe is placed in contact with a solution containing a second metal having a second oxidation potential, the second oxidation potential being more negative than the first oxidation potential. Radiation energy is then applied to the die pad area of the leadframe contacted with the solution to cause a local increase in temperature of the leadframe. As a result of the temperature increase, a layer of said second metal is selectively provided at the die pad area of the leadframe by a galvanic displacement reaction. An oxidation of the outer layer of the leadframe is then performed to provide an enhancing layer which counters device package delamination.

    SOLID BODY OF A BIOMEDICAL DEVICE FOR ACQUIRING PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS OF A PATIENT, AND RELATED BIOMEDICAL DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20230210435A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-06

    申请号:US18146259

    申请日:2022-12-23

    CPC classification number: A61B5/332 A61B5/0006 A61B5/6823

    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a solid body for a biomedical device, wearable by a patient and configured to acquire one or more physiological parameters of the patient. The solid body includes a first rigid portion, a second rigid portion and a connection portion of flexible type which couples the first and the second rigid portions to each other; and a control circuitry accommodated inside the first and/or the second rigid portions. The connection portion is interposed between the first and the second rigid portions, is integral therewith and is deformable so as to allow a relative movement of the first and the second rigid portions. The first and the second rigid portions are physically couplable to a first and to a second ECG electrode to couple the solid body to the torso of the patient. When the rigid portions are coupled to the ECG electrodes, the control circuitry is electrically coupled to the ECG electrodes and is configured to acquire, through the ECG electrodes, respective electrical signals indicative of said one or more physiological parameters.

    Method of fabrication of an integrated thermoelectric converter, and integrated thermoelectric converter thus obtained

    公开(公告)号:US11696504B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-04

    申请号:US17321252

    申请日:2021-05-14

    CPC classification number: H10N10/855 H10N10/01 H10N10/17

    Abstract: A method of fabricating a thermoelectric converter that includes providing a layer of a Silicon-based material having a first surface and a second surface, opposite to and separated from the first surface by a Silicon-based material layer thickness; forming a plurality of first thermoelectrically active elements of a first thermoelectric semiconductor material having a first Seebeck coefficient, and forming a plurality of second thermoelectrically active elements of a second thermoelectric semiconductor material having a second Seebeck coefficient, wherein the first and second thermoelectrically active elements are formed to extend through the Silicon-based material layer thickness, from the first surface to the second surface; forming electrically conductive interconnections in correspondence of the first surface and of the second surface of the layer of Silicon-based material, for electrically interconnecting the plurality of first thermoelectrically active elements and the plurality of second thermoelectrically active elements, and forming an input electrical terminal and an output electrical terminal electrically connected to the electrically conductive interconnections, wherein the first thermoelectric semiconductor material and the second thermoelectric semiconductor material comprise Silicon-based materials selected among porous Silicon or polycrystalline SiGe or polycrystalline Silicon.

    Method and circuit for operating electro-acoustic transducers for reception and transmission using ring-down parameters

    公开(公告)号:US11696072B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-04

    申请号:US17517273

    申请日:2021-11-02

    Inventor: Marco Passoni

    CPC classification number: H04R3/04 G01H11/08 G01H13/00

    Abstract: An electro-acoustical transducer such as a Piezoelectric Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducers is coupled with an adjustable load circuit having a set of adjustable load parameters including resistance and inductance parameters. Starting from at least one resonance frequency or at least one ring-down parameter of the electro-acoustical transducer a set of model parameters is calculated for a Butterworth-Van Dyke (BVD) model of the electro-acoustical transducer. The BVD model includes an equivalent circuit network having a constant capacitance coupled to a RLC branch and the adjustable load circuit is coupled with the electro-acoustical transducer at an input port of the equivalent circuit network of the model of the electro-acoustical transducer. The adjustable load parameters are adjusted as a function of the set of model parameters calculated for the BVD model of the electro-acoustic transducer to increase the bandwidth or the sensitivity of the electro-acoustic transducer.

    DUAL OUTPUT DC-DC BOOST CONVERTER WITH REDUCED OUTPUT LEAKAGE

    公开(公告)号:US20230208294A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-29

    申请号:US17560977

    申请日:2021-12-23

    CPC classification number: H02M3/158 G02B26/0833

    Abstract: A DC-DC boost converter includes an inductor coupled between an input voltage and an input node, a first path coupled between the input node and a first output node at which a first output voltage is generated, and a second path coupled between the input node and a second output node at which a second output voltage is generated. The DC-DC boost converter operates in a first operating phase where the first path boosts the first output voltage and where the second path is kept from boosting the second output voltage by the second path being coupled to the first path, and operates in a second operating phase where the second path boosts the second output voltage and where the first path is kept from boosting the first output voltage by the second path not being coupled to the first path.

    NDIR detector device for detecting gases having an infrared absorption spectrum

    公开(公告)号:US11686673B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-27

    申请号:US17217662

    申请日:2021-03-30

    CPC classification number: G01N21/3504

    Abstract: The device is formed in a casing including a support, a spacer body, and a mirror element fixed together. A light-emitting element and a light-receiving element are arranged on a bearing surface of the support and face a reflecting surface of the mirror element. The light-emitting element is configured to generate infrared radiation, and the light-receiving element is configured to receive light radiation reflected by the reflecting surface. The spacer body has an emission opening housing the light-emitting element and a reception opening housing the light-receiving element; the reception opening comprises a radiation-limitation portion configured to enable entry of reflected light radiation having an angle, with respect to a normal to the bearing surface, of less than a preset value.

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