ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,462,983, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to KYOCERA AVX Components Corp. (Fountain Inn, S.C.).
"Embeddable semiconductor-based capacitor" was invented by Cory Nelson (Simpsonville, S.C.) and Jeff Borgman (Myrtle Beach, S.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor-based capacitor can include a substrate including a semiconductor material, an oxide layer formed over the substrate, a conductive layer formed over at least a portion of the oxide layer, a plurality of distinct coplanar upper terminals, and a lower terminal. The upper terminals and the lower terminal can be exposed along the top and bottom surfaces of the substrate, respec...