ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,740, issued on April 21, was assigned to TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Semiconductor device with transducer and method for forming the same" was invented by Ming-Hsien Yang (Taichung City, Taiwan), Chun-Hao Chou (Tainan City, Taiwan), Kuo-Cheng Lee (Tainan City, Taiwan) and Sheng Kai Yeh (Taichung City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device and a method are provided. The semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor component, a bonding layer and a second semiconductor component. The first semiconductor component includes a first transistor formed on a substrate and ...