ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,773, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to NXP USA Inc. (Austin, Texas).

"Semiconductor device with attached battery and method therefor" was invented by Chayathorn Saklang (Bangplee, Thailand), Namrata Kanth (Mesa, Ariz.), Stephen Ryan Hooper (Queen Creek, Ariz.) and Scott M. Hayes (Chandler, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device with an attached battery is provided. The method includes affixing a semiconductor die to a die pad region of a first battery lead of a leadframe. The first battery lead of the leadframe is separated from a second battery lead of the leadframe. An encapsulant enc...