ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,666,987, issued on June 23, was assigned to ROHM Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Semiconductor apparatus" was invented by Tan Nhat Hoang (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes a first and a second semiconductor elements and a wiring board. The first semiconductor element has a first electrode, a second electrode and a third electrode, and current flow between the first electrode and the second electrode is on-off controlled. The second semiconductor element has a fourth electrode, a fifth electrode and a sixth electrode, and current flow between the fourth electrode and the fifth electrode is on-off contro...