ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,003, issued on March 17, was assigned to Mitsubishi Electric Corp. (Tokyo).

"Semiconductor device and power conversion apparatus" was invented by Hiroyuki Masumoto (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes an insulating layer; a foil conductor, a circuit pattern, a plurality of semiconductor elements, a first wiring board allowing an externally input current to flow through the circuit pattern, and a wiring board connecting the plurality of semiconductor elements and allowing the current that flowed through the plurality of semiconductor elements via the circuit pattern to flow. The plurality of semicondu...