ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,641,848, issued on May 26, was assigned to FUJI ELECTRIC Co. LTD. (Kawasaki, Japan).

"Silicon carbide semiconductor device and method of manufacturing silicon carbide semiconductor device" was invented by Naoyuki Ohse (Matsumoto-city, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A silicon carbide semiconductor device includes a starting substrate of a first conductivity type, a first semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type, a second semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type, a first semiconductor region of the first conductivity type, a gate insulating film, a gate electrode, an interlayer insulating film, an ohmic electrode, a...