US Patent Issued to FUJI ELECTRIC on May 19 for "Semiconductor device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,633,840, issued on May 19, was assigned to FUJI ELECTRIC Co. LTD. (Kawasaki, Japan).

"Semiconductor device" was invented by Tadahiko Sato (Matsumoto-city, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes a group of semiconductor elements each having a collector electrode and emitter electrode, a conductive plate electrically connected to the collector electrodes, and a case housing these. The semiconductor device further includes an OUT terminal and a P terminal respectively extending across the case so as to be disposed inside and outside the case. The OUT terminal includes an extension portion which includes a branch...