ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,745,656, issued on Sept. 22.
"Power module" was invented by Brice McPherson (Fayetteville, Ark.), Brandon Passmore (Fayetteville, Ark.), Roberto M. Schupbach (Raleigh, N.C.) and Jennifer Stabach-Smith (Fayetteville, Ark.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure describes a power module having a substrate, first and second pluralities of vertical power devices, and first and second terminal assemblies. The substrate has a top surface with a first trace and a second trace. The first plurality of vertical power devices and the second plurality of vertical power devices are electrically coupled to form part of a power circuit. ...