US Patent Issued to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing on March 4 for "Power switch for backside power distribution" (Taiwanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,243,868, issued on March 4, was assigned to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Power switch for backside power distribution" was invented by Jack Liu (Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed embodiments herein relate to an integrated circuit including power switches with active regions connected to form a contiguous region. In one aspect, the integrated circuit includes a first layer including a first metal rail extending in a first direction. In one aspect, the integrated circuit includes a second layer above the first layer along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The s...