US Patent Issued to NUVOTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION JAPAN on June 3 for "Semiconductor device and laser marking method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,322,709, issued on June 3, was assigned to NUVOTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION JAPAN (Kyoto, Japan).

"Semiconductor device and laser marking method" was invented by Kosuke Masuzawa (Kyoto, Japan) and Hiroshi Yoshida (Toyama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device that is a facedown mountable, chip-size-package type semiconductor device, the semiconductor device including: a semiconductor substrate; and a metal layer that is disposed on the semiconductor substrate and is exposed to outside. One or more marks are provided on an exposed surface of the metal layer. The one or more marks each include an outline portion defining...