ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,620,530, issued on May 5, was assigned to Wolfspeed Inc. (Durham, N.C.).

"Device and process for implementing silicon carbide (SiC) surface mount devices" was invented by Kok Meng Kam (Ipoh, Malaysia), Eng Wah Woo (Ipoh, Malaysia), Samantha Cheang (Ipoh, Malaysia), Marvin Marbell (Cary, N.C.), Haedong Jang (San Jose, Calif.), Jeremy Fisher (Raleigh, N.C.) and Basim Noori (Durham, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some aspects, a device includes a substrate. A first metallization arranged on the substrate. A second metallization arranged on the substrate. A circuit arranged on the substrate and electrically connected to the first metal...