ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,066, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Semiconductor structure having passive component and method of manufacturing thereof" was invented by Hsiang-Tai Lu (Hsinchu County, Taiwan), Kuan-Lung Wu (Hsinchu County, Taiwan), Yu-Wei Chiu (Pingtung County, Taiwan) and Wen-Chien Chang (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor structure includes a core layer; a passive component disposed within the core layer; and a first redistribution layer disposed over the core layer, wherein the first redistribution layer includes a first interconnect, a second int...