ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,610,825, issued on April 21, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Semiconductor device" was invented by Junsu Jeon (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Subin Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Byungmoo Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate including a main chip region, a guard ring surrounding the main chip region, a moisture-proof ring surrounding the guard ring, an electrode structure in contact with the semiconductor substrate in the main chip region, and at least one metal pattern structure extending from the electrode structure...