ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,260,920, issued on March 25, was assigned to ROHM Co. Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Semiconductor apparatus and system" was invented by Nozomu Koja (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a semiconductor apparatus including a power supply pin configured to receive a power supply voltage from an outside, a capacitor connection pin to be connected with a capacitor, a power supply circuit having an input connected to the power supply pin and having an output connected to the capacitor connection pin, the power supply circuit being configured to generate an internal power supply voltage at the output of the power supply circuit, a ...