US Patent Issued to Semiconductor Energy Laboratory on July 14 for "Semiconductor device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,682,818, issued on July 14, was assigned to Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co. Ltd. (Japan).

"Semiconductor device" was invented by Takanori Matsuzaki (Atsugi, Japan) and Tatsuya Onuki (Atsugi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device (300A) includes a first layer (20) and a second layer (30) over the first layer. The first layer includes a logic circuit portion (23). The second layer includes a level shifter portion (24) and a pixel circuit (51). The logic circuit portion has a function of supplying a first signal for operating the level shifter portion to the level shifter portion. The level shifter portion has a fu...