ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,168, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
"Semiconductor device including back side power supply circuit" was invented by Gerben Doornbos (Kessel-Lo, Belgium) and Marcus Johannes Henricus Van Dal (Linden, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a main circuit disposed over a front surface of the substrate, and a backside power delivery circuit disposed over a back surface of the substrate. The backside power delivery circuit includes a first main power supply wiring for supplying a first voltage, a second main power supply wir...