ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,412,814, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to ROHM Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Semiconductor apparatus" was invented by Kota Ise (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor element, a conductive member and a connecting member. The semiconductor element has a reverse surface formed with a first electrode and an obverse surface formed with a second electrode and a third electrode. The reverse surface and the obverse surface are spaced apart from each other in a z direction. Current flow between the first electrode and the second electrode is on-off controlled according to a first drive signal i...