ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,541, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Testing module and testing method using the same" was invented by Hao Chen (New Taipei City, Taiwan) and Mill-Jer Wang (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A testing module for a semiconductor wafer-form package includes a circuit board structure, first connectors, a first connecting structure, second connectors, third connectors and a first bridge connector. The circuit board structure includes two edge regions and a main region located therebetween. The first connectors are located over the edge regions and connected t...