ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,539, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Semiconductor device and electronic apparatus" was invented by Masaaki Bairo (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a semiconductor device capable of improving a capacitance density of a capacitive element without decreasing an operating voltage. The semiconductor device includes: a first semiconductor substrate including a first capacitive element portion including at least one capacitive element; a second semiconductor substrate stacked with respect to the first semiconductor substrate; and a second capacitive element p...