ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,777,690, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
"Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof" was invented by Shi Ning Ju (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Kuo-Cheng Chiang (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Guan-Lin Chen (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Jung-Chien Cheng (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Chih-Hao Wang (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes a first active region, a second active region and a dielectric wall. The second active region disposed adjacent to the first active region, and there is a first space between the first active region and the second active region. ...