ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,432,945, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
"Capacitor" was invented by Takeshi Kagawa (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Masatomi Harada (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Hiroshi Matsubara (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A capacitor that includes a substrate; a capacitor structure including a lower electrode on the substrate, a dielectric film on the lower electrode and having a via hole, and an upper electrode on the dielectric film; a first terminal electrode in the via hole and electrically connected to the lower electrode; and a second terminal electrode electrically connected to the up...