ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,100, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to RENESAS ELECTRONICS Corp. (Tokyo).

"Semiconductor device and circuit device" was invented by Kazuhisa Mori (Tokyo) and Toshiyuki Hata (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Performance of a semiconductor device is enhanced. A loss of a circuit device using a semiconductor device as a switch is reduced. A semiconductor device includes: a first semiconductor chip having a first MOSFET of p-type and a first parasitic diode; and a second semiconductor chip having a second MOSFET of n-type and a second parasitic diode. On front surfaces of the first and second semiconductor chips, a first source elec...