ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,300,623, issued on May 13, was assigned to TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
"Integrated circuit" was invented by Shih-Wei Peng (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Chia-Tien Wu (Taichung, Taiwan) and Jiann-Tyng Tzeng (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated circuit includes a first conductive structure including a root portion of the first conductive structure, tine portions that are arranged in a first semiconductor layer, a neck portion surrounded by a film structure. The integrated circuit further includes a second conductive structure having first and second portions that are stacked along a first dir...