US Patent Issued to GlobalFoundries Singapore on Sept. 1 for "Electrostatic device" (Singaporean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,254, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to GlobalFoundries Singapore Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Electrostatic device" was invented by Jie Zeng (Singapore), Kyong Jin Hwang (Singapore), Namchil Mun (Singapore) and Shiang Yang Ong (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to electrostatic devices and methods of manufacture. The structure includes: a device having a collector, an emitter, and a base; an isolation structure extending between the base and the collector; a high resistivity film over the isolation structure; and a silicide blocking layer partially ...