US Patent Issued to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing on Oct. 27 for "Advanced node interconnect routing methodology" (Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,777,917, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Advanced node interconnect routing methodology" was invented by Shih-Wei Peng (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Jiann-Tyng Tzeng (Hsin Chu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for fabricating an integrated circuit includes forming a first pattern metal layer comprising a plurality of metal tracks extending in a first direction. Each of the plurality of metal tracks is separated from its adjacent one of the plurality of metal tracks by a first pitch. The method further includes forming a second pattern metal layer formed over the fir...