US Patent Issued to TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING on Feb. 18 for "Phase shifter circuit, phase shifter layout and method of forming the same" (Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,229,488, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Phase shifter circuit, phase shifter layout and method of forming the same" was invented by Chi-Hsien Lin (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Ho-Hsiang Chen (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Hsien-Yuan Liao (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Tzu-Jin Yeh (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Ying-Ta Lu (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A phase shifter includes a first transistor and a second transistor. The first transistor includes a first gate terminal configured to receive a first voltage. The first transistor is configured to adjust at least a resistance or a first capacita...