ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,707,992, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Inc. (Dallas).

"Electronic device including vertical high current hall sensor with integrated heat slug current loop power pad" was invented by Hank Sung (Allen, Texas), Dok Won Lee (Mountain View, Calif.), Wai Lee (Dallas) and Sreenivasan Koduri (Dallas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device includes a metal heat slug, a semiconductor die, and a package structure. The metal heat slug has a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion, the second portion is spaced apart from the first portion, and the third portion connects the first and second portions. T...