ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,581,990, issued on March 17, was assigned to Littlefuse Inc. (Rosemont, Ill.).
"Metal tab for power semiconductor module" was invented by Thomas Lachmann (Lampertheim, Germany) and Thomas Spann (Furth, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector for contacting a semiconductor chip. The connector may include a tab, where the tab includes an outer portion, having a planar shape, the outer portion having a lower surface, adapted to contact a surface of the semiconductor chip, and an upper surface that defines a main plane of the tab. The tab may also include a ring portion, the ring portion connected to the outer portion and extendi...