US Patent Issued to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing on Sept. 1 for "Phase-change material (PCM) radio frequency (RF) switching device with novel spreader design" (Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,397, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Phase-change material (PCM) radio frequency (RF) switching device with novel spreader design" was invented by Huan-Chieh Chen (Taichung, Taiwan) and Yao-Wen Chang (Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A phase-change material (PCM) switching device includes: a base dielectric layer; a spreader element disposed in the base dielectric layer, wherein the spreader element extends in a first horizontal direction and comprises: a central portion extending in the first horizontal direction and having a first width in a second hori...