US Patent Issued to KYOCERA AVX Components on Jan. 27 for "Trimmable semiconductor-based capacitor" (South Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,538,503, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to KYOCERA AVX Components Corp. (Fountain Inn, S.C.).

"Trimmable semiconductor-based capacitor" was invented by Cory Nelson (Simpsonville, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A capacitor assembly includes a primary capacitor and a secondary capacitor formed on a substrate. The primary capacitor and the secondary capacitor can be connected by a conduction line. The conduction line can be formed from a thin metal connection. The conduction line can be severed, i.e., trimmed, to finely tune a capacitance value of the capacitor assembly. The capacitor assembly can allow for tighter tolerance and wider...