ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,628,481, issued on May 12, was assigned to Azur Space Solar Power GmbH (Heilbronn, Germany).
"Diode arrangement" was invented by Ivica Zrinscak (Heilbronn, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A diode arrangement, including a semiconductor diode with a p/n junction. A first electrical contact is formed on an upper side and a second electrical contact is formed on an underside. The semiconductor being designed in an uncased manner as a flat die and having a planar upper side and a planar underside, and the metal-plated upper side forming the first contact of the semiconductor diode, and the metal-plated underside forming the second conta...