ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,581,727, issued on March 17, was assigned to FUJI ELECTRIC Co. LTD. (Kawasaki, Japan).

"Electronic circuit and semiconductor module" was invented by Keiji Okumura (Matsumoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic circuit having a first terminal and a second terminal. The electronic circuit includes a first diode having a PN junction where a forward voltage is a first voltage, a second diode having a Schottky junction where the forward voltage is a second voltage that is smaller than the first voltage, a first wiring member coupling the first terminal to the second terminal via the first diode, and a second wiring member cou...