ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,016, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Nanostructure with various widths" was invented by Hsiao-Han Liu (Miaoli County, Taiwan), Chih-Hao Wang (Baoshan Township, Hsinchu County, Taiwan), Kuo-Cheng Chiang (Zhubei, Taiwan), Shi-Ning Ju (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Kuan-Lun Cheng (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor structures and a method for forming the same are provided. The semiconductor structure includes first nanostructures and second nanostructures spaced apart from the first nanostructures in a first direction. A left-most point of the fi...