ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,224,089, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to GLOBALFOUNDRIES Singapore Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).
"Thin film resistor" was invented by Chuan Wang (Singapore), Chim Seng Seet (Singapore) and Yudi Setiawan (Singapore).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to a thin film resistor and methods of manufacture. A structure includes: a thin film resistor having an opening and being between an upper insulator material and a lower insulator material; and a contact extending through the opening in the thin film resistor and into the lower insulator material."
The patent was file...