ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,330, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Intel Corp. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Integrated circuit structures having maximized channel sizing" was invented by Sukru Yemenicioglu (Portland, Ore.), Tahir Ghani (Portland, Ore.), Andy Chih-Hung Wei (Yamhill, Ore.), Leonard P. Guler (Hillsboro, Ore.), Charles H. Wallace (Portland, Ore.) and Mohit K. Haran (Hillsboro, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A structure includes a first vertical stack of horizontal nanowires having a first width. A second vertical stack of horizontal nanowires is spaced apart from and parallel with the first vertical stack of horizontal nanowires and has the first ...