ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,114, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
"Integrated circuit" was invented by Jian-Sing Li (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Guo-Huei Wu (Tainan, Taiwan), Hui-Zhong Zhuang (Kaohsiung, Taiwan), Chih-Liang Chen (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Li-Chun Tien (Tainan, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated circuit includes a first transistor of a first conductivity type including a first active area extending in a first direction; a second transistor of the first conductivity type including at least two second active areas extending in the first direction and a first gate stripe crossing ...