ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,210, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to FUJI ELECTRIC Co. LTD. (Kawasaki, Japan).

"Module" was invented by Hideo Ami (Kawasaki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric circuit in which a first switching element and a first diode element are connected in antiparallel to form an upper arm and a second semiconductor element and a second diode element are connected in antiparallel to form a lower arm, and the upper arm and the lower arm are connected in series. A gate current path in one of the upper and lower arms and a reverse recovery path in the other one of the upper and lower arms are disposed close enough and extend at le...