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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2021
Applicant:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Jennifer Lynne Holm, Dallas, TX (US);
Simon Joshua Jacobs, Lucas, TX (US);
Mary Alyssa Drummond Roby, Plano, TX (US);
Kathryn Anne Schuck, Dallas, TX (US);
Kelly Jay Taylor, Allen, TX (US);
Assignee:
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B81B 7/00 (2006.01); B81C 1/00 (2006.01); G02B 26/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B81B 7/0038 (2013.01); B81B 7/0009 (2013.01); B81B 7/0025 (2013.01); B81B 7/0029 (2013.01); B81B 7/0041 (2013.01); B81B 7/0058 (2013.01); B81C 1/00285 (2013.01); G02B 26/0833 (2013.01); B81B 2201/042 (2013.01); B81B 2207/11 (2013.01);
Abstract
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 first substrate and the second substrate, and where the metallic layer includes a sloped edge that contacts the first substrate within the cavity.