ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,610,530, issued on April 21, was assigned to NANYA TECHNOLOGY Corp. (New Taipei City, Taiwan).

"Semiconductor device structure with air gap and method for preparing the same" was invented by Chih-Wei Huang (Taoyuan City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device structure includes a semiconductor substrate, a first fin structure, a first S/D structure, and a bit line contact. The first fin structure is protruding from the semiconductor substrate, and has a first sidewall, a second sidewall, and a top surface connecting the first sidewall to the second sidewall. The first S/D structure is disposed over the first fin st...