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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2014
Applicant:
Elwha Llc, Bellevue, WA (US);
Inventors:
William David Duncan, Mill Creek, WA (US);
Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, WA (US);
Jordin T. Kare, Seattle, WA (US);
Thomas M. McWilliams, Oakland, CA (US);
Thomas Allan Weaver, San Mateo, CA (US);
Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Bellevue, WA (US);
Assignee:
Elwha LLC, Bellevue, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/40 (2006.01); H01L 23/00 (2006.01); H01L 23/48 (2006.01); H01L 25/065 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 24/00 (2013.01); H01L 23/48 (2013.01); H01L 24/80 (2013.01); H01L 24/81 (2013.01); H01L 25/0657 (2013.01); H01L 2224/0401 (2013.01); H01L 2224/056 (2013.01); H01L 2224/05557 (2013.01); H01L 2224/05686 (2013.01); H01L 2224/11318 (2013.01); H01L 2224/11826 (2013.01); H01L 2224/1369 (2013.01); H01L 2224/819 (2013.01); H01L 2224/81141 (2013.01); H01L 2224/81143 (2013.01);
Abstract
Inter-substrate coupling and alignment using liquid droplets can include electrical and plasmon modalities. For example, a set of droplets can be placed on a bottom substrate. A top substrate can be placed upon the droplets, which uses the droplets to align the substrates. Using the droplets in a capacitive or plasmon coupling modality, information or power can be transferred between the substrates using the droplets.