ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,705, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to SCDevice LLC (Portland, Ore.).

"Vertical trench device configurations for radiation-environment applications" was invented by Sudarsan Uppili (Portland, Ore.), David Lee Snyder (Beaverton, Ore.) and Scott Joseph Alberhasky (Hillsboro, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Semiconductor devices and associated fabrication methods are disclosed. In one disclosed approach a process for forming a semiconductor device is provided. The process includes: implanting a first region of semiconductor material using a first channeled implant with a first conductivity type; and implanting, after the first chan...