ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,696,767, issued on July 28, was assigned to Sumitomo Electric Device Innovations Inc. (Yokohama, Japan).

"Semiconductor device" was invented by Makoto Nishihara (Yokohama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip including a substrate, a transistor provided on an upper surface of the substrate and having an input electrode to which a high frequency signal is input, an output electrode from which the high frequency signal is output, and a reference potential electrode to which a reference potential is supplied, and a metal pattern provided on the upper surface of the substrate and electrica...