US Patent Issued to ROHM on Feb. 17 for "Semiconductor device comprising plurality of switching elements and rectifier elements for preventing excessive current" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,557,702, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to ROHM Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Semiconductor device comprising plurality of switching elements and rectifier elements for preventing excessive current" was invented by Masashi Hayashiguchi (Kyoto, Japan) and Kenichi Onodera (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes: a plurality of semiconductor elements connected in parallel; a rectifier element connected in anti-parallel to the plurality of semiconductor elements; a power terminal electrically connected to the plurality of semiconductor elements; and an electrical conductor electrically connected to the power...