US Patent Issued to SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES on Sept. 9 for "Methods and structures for contacting shield conductor in a semiconductor device" (Oregon Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,325, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES LLC (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"Methods and structures for contacting shield conductor in a semiconductor device" was invented by Peter A. Burke (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes a region of semiconductor material comprising a shielded-gate trench structure. The shielded-gate trench structure includes an active trench, an insulated shield electrode in the lower portion of the active trench, an insulated gate electrode adjacent to the gate dielectric in an upper portion of the active trench, and an inter-pad dielectric (...