ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,653, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to ROHM Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Semiconductor device with contact plugs" was invented by So Nagakura (Kyoto, Japan) and Satoshi Iwahashi (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer that has a first main surface at one side and a second main surface at another side, a plurality of gate electrodes that are arranged at intervals on the first main surface of the semiconductor layer, an interlayer insulating film that is formed on the first main surface of the semiconductor layer such as to cover the gate electrodes, an electrode film that is for...