US Patent Issued to TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING on April 7 for "Semiconductor device of physical unclonable function and manufacturing method thereof" (Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,598,801, issued on April 7, was assigned to TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Semiconductor device of physical unclonable function and manufacturing method thereof" was invented by Chia-Che Chung (Hsinchu City, Taiwan), Wei Min Chan (New Taipei City, Taiwan) and Yen-Huei Chen (Hsinchu County, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes a first transistor cell. The first transistor cell generates a first current signal and a second current signal indicating a bit of a physical unclonable function. The first transistor cell includes a first transistor, a second transistor and a th...