ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,361, issued on March 17, was assigned to SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES LLC (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"Integrated multi-component hall effect sensor" was invented by Gang Liu (Camas, Wash.) and Santosh Menon (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Illustrative multi-component Hall effect sensors and sensing methods are suitable for embedding within integrated circuitry. One illustrative integrated circuit device includes: a substrate comprising a semiconductive body material with an upper surface; a focus contact on the upper surface that connects via an electrically isolated path to a embedded current focus within the body m...