ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,568,672, issued on March 3, was assigned to SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Semiconductor unit, semiconductor module, and electronic apparatus" was invented by Katsuhiko Takeuchi (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor unit includes: a barrier layer including a first compound semiconductor; a channel layer including a second compound semiconductor, and bonded to the barrier layer at a first face; an insulation layer provided on a second face, of the barrier layer, that is on an opposite side of the first face, and having an opening section that exposes the barrier layer; a gate electrode pro...