ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,451, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES LLC (Scottsdale, Ariz.).
"Process of forming an electronic device including a component structure adjacent to a trench" was invented by Balaji Padmanabhan (Chandler, Ariz.), Zia Hossain (Tempe, Ariz.), Dean E. Probst (West Jordan, Utah), Peter A. Burke (Portland, Ore.) and Sauvik Chowdhury (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process of forming an electronic device can form an accumulation channel or an integrated diode by selective doping parts of a workpiece. In an embodiment, a doped region can be formed by implanting a sidewall of a body regio...