ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,704, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to ROHM Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the semiconductor device" was invented by Shoji Takei (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor chip having an element forming surface; an insulating layer formed on the element forming surface; a pad wiring layer including a first conductive layer formed on the insulating layer and containing a first conductive material and a second conductive layer formed on the first conductive layer and containing a second conductive material different from the first conductive...