ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,437,806, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Semiconductor device and operating method thereof" was invented by Wei-Xiang You (Kaohsiung, Taiwan), Cheng-Yin Wang (Taipei, Taiwan) and Szuya Liao (Hsinchu County, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes a first memory cell and a second memory cell. The first memory cell is configured to store a first data bit at a first node when the first memory cell is turned on. The second memory cell is configured to store the first data bit when the first memory cell is turned off. The first memory cell compr...