ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,610,615, issued on April 21, was assigned to GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. Inc (Malta, N.Y.).

"Device with isolation structures in active regions" was invented by Tamilmani Ethirajan (Guilderland, N.Y.), Kaustubh Shanbhag (Slingerlands, N.Y.), George R. Mulfinger (Gansevoort, N.Y.), Anton V. Tokranov (Halfmoon, N.Y.), Eric S. Kozarsky (Ballston Spa, N.Y.) and Hui Zhan (Clifton Park, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to devices with isolation structures in active regions and methods of manufacture. The structure includes: an active region; a plurality of isolatio...