ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,193, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Semiconductor device" was invented by Jhu-Min Song (Nantou County, Taiwan), Fu-Jier Fan (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Kong-Beng Thei (Hsinchu County, Taiwan), Alexander Kalnitsky (San Francisco) and Hsiao-Chin Tuan (Hsinchu County, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first die, a second die, a first through via, and a second through. The first die includes a first substrate, a first interconnection structure disposed on the first substrate, and a plurality of first ...