US Patent Issued to MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings on July 15 for "Layout techniques and optimization for power transistors" (Massachusetts, New Hampshire Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,363,983, issued on July 15, was assigned to MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings Inc. (Lowell, Mass.).

"Layout techniques and optimization for power transistors" was invented by Shamit Som (Chelmsford, Mass.), Wayne Mack Struble (Franklin, Mass.), Jason Matthew Barrett (Amherst, N.H.), Nishant R. Yamujala (Somerville, Mass.) and John Stephen Atherton (Acton, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example field effect transistor includes a substrate, a first source metal over the substrate, a second source metal over the substrate, and a drain metal positioned between the first source metal and the second source metal over a channel of th...