US Patent Issued to STMICROELECTRONICS on Nov. 3 for "SiC-based electronic device with fuse element for short-circuits protection, and manufacturing method thereof" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,787,761, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l. (Agrate Brianza, Italy).

"SiC-based electronic device with fuse element for short-circuits protection, and manufacturing method thereof" was invented by Laura Letizia Scalia (San Giovanni la Punta, Italy), Cateno Marco Camalleri (Catania, Italy), Edoardo Zanetti (Valverde, Italy) and Alfio Russo (Biancavilla, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "SiC-based MOSFET electronic device comprising: a solid body; a gate terminal, extending into the solid body; a conductive path, extending at a first side of the solid body, configured to be electrically couplable to a generator o...