ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,696,478, issued on July 28, was assigned to ROBERT BOSCH GMBH (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Vertical semiconductor component, and method for its production" was invented by Alberto Martinez-Limia (Pliezhausen, Germany), Daniel Krebs (Aufhausen, Germany), Stephan Schwaiger (Bodelshausen, Germany) and Wolfgang Feiler (Reutlingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vertical semiconductor component. The component includes: a drift region having a first conductivity type; a trench structure on or above the drift region, a shielding structure situated laterally next to at least one sidewall of the trench structure on or above the drift region a...