ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,586, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to DB HiTek Co. Ltd. (Bucheon-si, South Korea).

"Superjunction semiconductor device and method of manufacturing same" was invented by Min Gi Jo (Seoul, South Korea), Myeong Bum Pyun (Incheon, South Korea) and Jin Young Goh (Bucheon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are a superjunction semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same. More particularly, the superjunction semiconductor device includes at least one body region in a second corner region extending along the length direction in the same manner as a pillar, thereby promoting smooth current flow in a transi...