ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,258, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to ZINITE Corp. (Edmonton, Canada).
"Thin film semiconductor switching device" was invented by Douglas W. Barlage (Edmonton, Canada), Lhing Gem Shoute (Edmonton, Canada), Kenneth C. Cadien (Edmonton, Canada), Alex Munnlick Ma (Edmonton, Canada) and Eric Wilson Milburn (Edmonton, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Novel semiconductor devices are taught. The novel devices include a thin film transistor (TFT) with an n-type semiconductor layer to form a channel between a source and a drain. The TFT further includes a source-channel interfacial member adjacent to at least the source contact of the ...