US Patent Issued to MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL on Sept. 2 for "Semiconductor element and method for manufacturing the same" (Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,406,882, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL Co. LTD. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Semiconductor element and method for manufacturing the same" was invented by Dai-Ying Lee (Hsinchu County, Taiwan) and Yu-Chao Huang (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor element and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The semiconductor element includes a plug and a via on the plug and electrically connected to the plug. The plug includes a tungsten plug and a conductive layer on the tungsten plug. The tungsten plug and the conductive layer include different materials. The tungsten plug has a first width...