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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 23, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Abhay M Joshi, Robbinsville, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Discovery Semiconductors, Inc., Princeton Junction, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
257723 ; 361730 ;
Abstract
A plurality of silicon and GaAs wafers each including integrated circuitry for providing particular functions for each wafer are mounted within a housing in a stacked, spaced apart, and parallel configuration. Photodetectors and LED's are used to transmit and receive data between opposing wafers. In this manner a micro-packaged device or system is obtained for use amongst other things in lightweight miniaturized microsatellites.