ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,451,465, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Mitsubishi Electric Corp. (Tokyo).

"Semiconductor device" was invented by Yasutaka Shimizu (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes: a first circuit pattern having a recessed part in a planar view; a second circuit pattern positioned in the recessed part; a plurality of semiconductor chips bonded onto the first circuit pattern; and wires connecting top electrodes of the plurality of semiconductor chips to the second circuit pattern, wherein a width of the second circuit pattern increases from upstream to downstream on a current path by which a current flows through ...