ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,482,768, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to NANYA TECHNOLOGY Corp. (New Taipei, Taiwan).
"Semiconductor structure having protective layer on sidewall of conductive member and manufacturing method thereof" was invented by Hsih-Yang Chiu (Taoyuan, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application provides a semiconductor structure including a substrate and a conductive member over the substrate. The conductive member includes a seed layer over the substrate, a core disposed over the seed layer, and a protective layer disposed on a top surface of the core and surrounding a sidewall of the core. A method of manufacturing a semico...