ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,292,686, issued on May 6, was assigned to TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Semiconductor structure and manufacturing method thereof" was invented by Yung-Yao Lee (Hsinchu County, Taiwan) and Yi-Ping Hsieh (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing a semiconductor structure includes providing a mask including a first substrate; a first mask layer disposed over the first substrate, including a plurality of first recesses extended through the first mask layer; a second mask layer disposed over the first mask layer and including a plurality of second recesses extended through ...