ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,016, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).
"Semiconductor device" was invented by Dongjoo Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Gunho Chang (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a semiconductor device comprising an upper pad surrounded by an upper dielectric layer, a lower pad in contact with the upper pad and the upper dielectric layer surrounded by a lower dielectric layer. The upper pad, the upper dielectric layer, the lower pad, and the lower dielectric layer define an upper space surrounding a lower portion of the upper pad and a lower space s...