ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,193, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to XILINX INC. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Routing a communication bus within multiple layers of a printed circuit board" was invented by Xi Long (San Jose, Calif.) and Hing Yan To (Cupertino, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device comprises a printed circuit board (PCB), a plurality of vias, and a communication buss. The PCB comprises a plurality of layers. The first layer of the plurality of layers is configured to receive a first integrated circuit (IC) device and a second IC device. The plurality of vias is disposed within the plurality of layers. A first via of the plurality of...