ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,745,660, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to IBIDEN Co. Ltd. (Ogaki, Japan).

"Wiring substrate" was invented by Masashi Kuwabara (Ibi-gun, Japan), Jun Sakai (Ogaki, Japan) and Shiho Shimada (Ogaki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wiring substrate includes a first build-up part including an insulating layer and a conductor layer, and a second build-up part including an insulating layer and a conductor layer. The minimum wiring width of wirings in the conductor layer of the first build-up part is smaller than the minimum wiring width of wirings in the conductor layer of the second build-up part. The minimum inter-wiring distance of...