US Patent Issued to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing on Dec. 2 for "Integrated cell monitoring apparatus" (Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,486, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Integrated cell monitoring apparatus" was invented by Yi-Hsing Hsiao (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Jui-Cheng Huang (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Cell monitoring apparatus includes sensing chip and channel module. Sensing chip includes channel region, source and drain regions, and sensing film. The channel region includes first semiconductor material. The source and drain regions are disposed at opposite sides of the channel region, and include a second semiconductor material. Sensing film is disposed on the channel region a...