ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,477,774, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to FUJI ELECTRIC Co. LTD. (Kawasaki, Japan).
"Semiconductor device having sensing element" was invented by Yuya Abe (Matsumoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes a main element and a sensing element each including a drift region of a first conductivity-type, a well region of a second conductivity-type provided at an upper part of the drift region, a first main electrode region of the first conductivity-type provided at an upper part of the well region, a gate electrode buried with a gate insulating film interposed in a trench, and a main electrode connected to th...