ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,576, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co. Ltd. (Atsugi, Japan).

"Semiconductor device and electronic device" was invented by Kazuaki Ohshima (Atsugi, Japan) and Hitoshi Kunitake (Isehara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device being capable of high-speed data transmission and having a reduced circuit area is provided. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip, an external terminal, and a layer including two facing surfaces. The semiconductor chip is provided on one surface side of the layer, and the external terminal is provided on the other surface side of the layer...