ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,306, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to LUMILEDS SINGAPORE PTE. LTD. (Singapore).

"Semiconductor structure and methods of manufacturing the same" was invented by Grigoriy Basin (San Francisco), Chee Ming Thoe (Jelutong, Malaysia), Chee Teong Lim (Bayan Lepas, Malaysia) and Chee Jong Loh (Simpang Ampat, Malaysia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device is electrically connected to a power source through an electrical contact and at least one bump disposed on the electrical contact. The semiconductor device may be an LED on a CMOS wafer with the electrical contact spaced apart from it and disposed on the wafer. The semicon...