US Patent Issued to Intel on July 21 for "Replacement via and buried or backside power rail" (American, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,442, issued on July 21, was assigned to Intel Corp. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Replacement via and buried or backside power rail" was invented by Prashant Majhi (San Jose, Calif.), Klaus Max Schruefer (Baldham, Germany) and Anand Murthy (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated circuit structure includes a first sub-fin, a second sub-fin laterally spaced from the first sub-fin, a first transistor device over the first sub-fin and having a first contact, a second transistor device over the second sub-fin and having a second contact, and a continuous and monolithic body of conductive material extending vertically betwee...