ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,386, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc. (Malta, N.Y.).
"Electrostatic discharge protection devices" was invented by Sagar Premnath Karalkar (Essex Junction, Vt.), Ephrem Gebreselasie (South Burlington, Vt.), Rajendran Krishnasamy (Essex Junction, Vt.), Robert J. Gauthier Jr. (Williston, Vt.) and Souvick Mitra (Essex Junction, Vt.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Structures for an electrostatic discharge protection device and methods of forming same. The structure comprises a first well and a second well in the semiconductor substrate. The first and second wells have a first conductivity type. The structure fur...