ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,087, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to NANYA TECHNOLOGY Corp. (New Taipei, Taiwan).
"Semiconductor structure with air gap in pattern-dense region and method of manufacturing the same" was invented by Jar-Ming Ho (Taipei, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure, which includes: a first conductive layer arranged over a substrate; a dielectric layer arranged over the first conductive layer; a plurality of first conductive plugs penetrating through the dielectric layer; a plurality of spacers surrounding the respective first conductive plugs; a lining layer covering the dielectric ...