ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,085, issued on July 14, was assigned to Saras Micro Devices Inc. (Chandler, Ariz.).

"Electrolytic capacitor for a semiconductor device having improved conductive polymer layer" was invented by Michael Randall (Simpsonville, S.C.) and Richard Sheridan (Gilbert, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrolytic capacitor for a semiconductor device includes a conductive substrate, a dielectric layer on the conductive substrate, and a conductive polymer layer on the dielectric layer. The conductive polymer layer may include at least one additive. The at least one additive may include an anodizing agent to promote oxide growth of the d...