US Patent Issued to GE AVIATION SYSTEMS on April 7 for "Semiconductor switching device" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,598,781, issued on April 7, was assigned to GE AVIATION SYSTEMS LLC (Grand Rapids, Mich.).

"Semiconductor switching device" was invented by Collin William Hitchcock (Clifton Park, N.Y.), Stacey J. Kennerly (Niskayuna, N.Y.) and Ljubisa D. Stevanovic (Clifton Park, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device cell includes a JFET region adjacent a channel region, the JFET region defining a periphery of the semiconductor device cell. The JFET region includes a first corner region and a second corner region separated by a JFET intermediate region. A first width of the JFET intermediate region extending from an edge of the JFET...