ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,564, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho).

"Vertical solid-state transducers having backside terminals and associated systems and methods" was invented by Vladimir Odnoblyudov (Eagle, Idaho) and Martin F. Schubert (Mountain View, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Vertical solid-state transducers ("SSTs") having backside contacts are disclosed herein. An SST in accordance with a particular embodiment can include a transducer structure having a first semiconductor material at a first side of the SST, a second semiconductor material at a second side of the SST opposite the first side, and an active ...