ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,400,693, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co. Ltd. (Atsugi, Japan).

"Semiconductor device with first and second elements and electronic device" was invented by Shunpei Yamazaki (Setagaya, Japan), Hajime Kimura (Atsugi, Japan), Hideki Uochi (Atsugi, Japan), Atsushi Miyaguchi (Hadano, Japan) and Tatsunori Inoue (Yamato, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device that has reduced power consumption and is capable of non-destructive reading is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first circuit including a first transistor and a first FTJ element, and a second circuit including a seco...