ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,381, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Infineon Technologies AG (Neubiberg, Germany).
"Rectifier device with minimized lateral coupling" was invented by Benedikt Kindl (Wackersdorf, Germany), Juliane Laurer (Regensburg, Germany), Max Stelzer (Regensburg, Germany) and Vadim Valentinovic Vendt (Munich).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor body having an upper surface, a group of first upper-level metal fingers and second upper-level metal fingers that are arranged alternatingly with one another, wherein each of the first upper-level metal fingers is electrically connected to the semiconductor b...