ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,485, issued on July 1, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Imaging device" was invented by Masayuki Takase (Osaka, Japan), Shunsuke Isono (Osaka, Japan) and Yuuko Tomekawa (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device includes: a capacitor; an insulating layer; at least one trench provided in the insulating layer; and a first conductive plug, at least part of which is surrounded by the insulating layer. The capacitor includes: a first lower electrode provided along an inner wall of the at least one trench, a dielectric layer provided on the first lower electrode, and...