ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,293,973, issued on May 6, was assigned to Hitachi Energy Ltd (Zurich).
"Power semiconductor module" was invented by Slavo Kicin (Zurich, Switzerland), Arne Schroeder (Bern, Switzerland) and Farhad Yaghoubi (Baden, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power semiconductor module includes a plurality of semiconductor switches arranged in a plurality of groups. Each semiconductor switch has a first terminal and a second terminal having a controlled path therebetween and a control terminal. A plurality of first group contacts are each connected to the first terminals of the semiconductor switches of a respective group and a plurality ...