US Patent Issued to HITACHI ENERGY on March 3 for "Base plate having sidewall, power semiconductor module comprising the base plate and method for producing the base plate" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,568,838, issued on March 3, was assigned to HITACHI ENERGY LTD (Zurich, Switzerland).

"Base plate having sidewall, power semiconductor module comprising the base plate and method for producing the base plate" was invented by Biwei Zhang (Lenzburg, Switzerland), Harald Beyer (Lenzburg, Switzerland), Milad Maleki (Untersiggenthal, Switzerland), Dominik Truessel (Bremgarten, Switzerland) and Maxime Ludwig (Zurich, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A base plate and power semiconductor module are provided, involving a basic body formed in one piece and having a front and rear side. The front side has a mounting area of the base plate...