ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,282,056, issued on April 22, was assigned to RENESAS ELECTRONICS Corp. (Tokyo).

"Semiconductor device" was invented by Noboru Inomata (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A disconnection detector circuit that can favorably inspect a connection state of a wire without increase in parasitic capacitance is provided. A semiconductor device includes, in one package, a first integrated circuit including a transformer including a primary coil and a secondary coil, and a second integrated circuit connected to a midpoint and one end of the secondary coil. The second integrated circuit includes a reference line and a detector circuit. The referenc...