ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,299, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to KYOCERA AVX Components Corp. (Fountain Inn, S.C.).
"Combined MOS/MIS capacitor assembly" was invented by Cory Nelson (Simpsonville, S.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A combined metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) and metal-insulator-semiconductor (MIS) capacitor assembly is provided. The capacitor assembly includes a substrate comprising a semiconductor material; an oxide layer formed on a surface of the substrate; and an insulator layer formed over at least a portion of the oxide layer. The capacitor assembly further includes first and second conductive terminals, and a third terminal connected ...