US Patent Issued to Micron Technology on March 17 for "Semiconductor device having contact plug" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,581,940, issued on March 17, was assigned to Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho).

"Semiconductor device having contact plug" was invented by Akira Kaneko (Higashihiroshima, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus that includes a first conductive pattern positioned at a first wiring layer and extending in a first direction, a second conductive pattern positioned at a second wiring layer located above the first wiring layer and extending in a second direction, and a contact plug connecting the first conductive pattern with the second conductive pattern. The contact plug includes a lower conductive section contacting the first ...