ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,046, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to STMicroelectronics (Crolles 2) SAS (Crolles, France).
"Electronic device" was invented by Marios Barlas (Grenoble, France), Yannick Le Friec (Goncelin, France) and Xavier Federspiel (Bernin, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device includes a first layer, having a copper track located therein. The first layer is covered with a second layer including a cavity. The cavity exposes at least a portion of the track. The portion is covered with a third layer of titanium nitride doped with silicon."
The patent was filed on Feb. 28, 2023, under Application No. 18/176,190.
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