US Patent Issued to NXP USA on Nov. 4 for "Semiconductor device with a field plate having a recessed region and an overhanging portion and method of fabrication therefor" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,464,799, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to NXP USA INC. (Austin, Texas).

"Semiconductor device with a field plate having a recessed region and an overhanging portion and method of fabrication therefor" was invented by Bernhard Grote (Phoenix), Jie Hu (Chandler, Ariz.), Philippe Renaud (Chandler, Ariz.), Congyong Zhu (Gilbert, Ariz.) and Bruce McRae Green (Gilbert, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate with an upper surface and a channel, source and drain electrodes over the upper surface of the semiconductor substrate, a passivation layer between the source and drain electrodes, a f...