US Patent Issued to Micron Technology on Sept. 23 for "Monolithic conductive cylinder in a semiconductor device and associated methods" (Idaho Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,517, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho).

"Monolithic conductive cylinder in a semiconductor device and associated methods" was invented by Wei Zhou (Boise, Idaho), Kyle K. Kirby (Eagle, Idaho), Bret K Street (Meridian, Idaho) and Kunal R. Parekh (Boise, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device having monolithic conductive cylinders, and associated systems and methods, are disclosed herein. The semiconductor device can include a semiconductor substrate, a conductive pad, an opening, and a top dielectric layer. The conductive pad may be at a first surface of the semiconductor s...