ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,261,543, issued on March 25, was assigned to DANFOSS SILICON POWER GMBH (Flensburg, Germany).
"Three-level power module" was invented by Michael Tonnes (Nordborg, Denmark), Ole Muhlfeld (Nordborg, Denmark) and Tim Rettmann (Nordborg, Denmark).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power module (2) including a molded package (4), three power terminals (6, 8, 10) protruding from a first side (40) of the molded package (4) is disclosed. The power terminals (6, 8, 10) include a positive DC terminal (6), a neutral terminal (8) and a negative terminal (10). The power module (2) includes a phase output power terminal (12) protruding from a second sid...