US Patent Issued to RICOH on Jan. 27 for "Semiconductor device, biosensor, biosensor array, and logic circuit" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,538,541, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to RICOH COMPANY LTD. (Tokyo).

"Semiconductor device, biosensor, biosensor array, and logic circuit" was invented by Ryota Suto (Kyoto, Japan) and Nobuto Hosono (Hyogo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes a first gate electrode, an insulating part, a source electrode, a drain electrode, and a contact part. The insulating part is on one surface of the first gate electrode. The source electrode is connected to the insulating part. The drain electrode is connected to the insulating part. The contact part is between the source electrode and the drain electrode and on t...