ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,278,196, issued on April 15, was assigned to Amkor Technology Singapore Holding Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Semiconductor devices and methods of manufacturing semiconductor devices" was invented by Tae Ki Kim (Incheon, South Korea), Jae Beom Shim (Incheon, South Korea), Min Jae Yi (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Yi Seul Han (Incheon, South Korea), Young Ju Lee (Incheon, South Korea) and Kyeong Tae Kim (Incheon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device includes a substrate having a conductive structure with a substrate outward terminal at a second side of the substrate. A dielectric structure with an opening is adjacent to t...