ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,237,401, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to MediaTek Inc. (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan).
"Semiconductor chip" was invented by Cheng-Tien Wan (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Yao-Tsung Huang (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Yun-San Huang (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Ming-Cheng Lee (Zhubei, Taiwan) and Wei-Che Huang (Hsinchu County, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor chip includes a substrate and a transistor. The transistor is formed on the substrate and includes an insulation layer and a fin. The fin includes a base portion and a protrusion connected with the base portion, wherein the protrusion is projected with respect to an upper surface of the base portion and ha...