ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,418, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to ROHM Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Semiconductor device" was invented by Yusuke Yoshii (Kyoto, Japan), Yuki Inoue (Kyoto, Japan) and Hiroyuki Makimoto (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip that has a main surface, a device region that is demarcated at the main surface, a differential amplifier that is formed in the device region and that amplifies and outputs a differential signal input to the differential amplifier, an insulation layer that covers the device region on the main surface, and a shield electrode that is incorporated in the in...