ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,295, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Rohm Co. Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Semiconductor device" was invented by Masaki Kano (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device including: a first lead; a semiconductor element provided with a first electrode; a conductive member electrically connecting the first lead and the first electrode to each other; a first conductive joining layer conductively joining the first lead and the conductive member to each other; and a second conductive joining layer conductively joining the first electrode and the conductive member to each other. The conductive member includes a first s...