US Patent Issued to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing on April 15 for "Semiconductor devices and methods of manufacture" (Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,278,141, issued on April 15, was assigned to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Semiconductor devices and methods of manufacture" was invented by Kuo-Ju Chen (Taichung, Taiwan), Shih-Hsiang Chiu (New Taipei, Taiwan), Meng-Han Chou (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Su-Hao Liu (Jhongpu Township, Taiwan), Liang-Yin Chen (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Huicheng Chang (Tainan, Taiwan) and Yee-Chia Yeo (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Semiconductor devices and methods of manufacturing semiconductor devices are described herein. A method includes implanting neutral elements into a dielectric layer, an etch stop layer, and a metal...