ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,557,704, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to MediaTek Inc. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Semiconductor device" was invented by Yan-Liang Ji (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor component and a silicon-based passive component. The silicon-based passive component is stacked on the semiconductor component in a thickness direction of the semiconductor component."

The patent was filed on Jan. 10, 2023, under Application No. 18/152,187.

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