ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,266,769, issued on April 1, was assigned to Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co. Ltd. (Kanagawa-ken, Japan).
"Semiconductor device and electronic device" was invented by Junpei Momo (Kanagawa, Japan), Kazutaka Kuriki (Kanagawa, Japan), Hiromichi Godo (Kanagawa, Japan) and Shunpei Yamazaki (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device in which a circuit and a battery are efficiently stored is provided. In the semiconductor device, a first transistor, a second transistor, and a secondary battery are provided over one substrate. A channel region of the second transistor includes an oxide semiconductor. The secondary battery in...