ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,736,990, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to ABLIC Inc. (Nagano, Japan).

"Semiconductor device" was invented by Naohiro Hiraoka (Nagano, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The semiconductor device includes a first current generation circuit configured to generate a first current, a second current generation circuit configured to generate a second current from the first current, a third current generation circuit configured to generate a third current from the second current, a voltage-current conversion circuit configured to apply the third current to a diode and convert a generated voltage into a fourth current, a fourth current gene...