ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,238, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Mitsubishi Electric Corp. (Tokyo).

"Semiconductor apparatus" was invented by Yuji Ebiike (Tokyo) and Shigeto Honda (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to the present disclosure, a semiconductor apparatus comprises a first gate electrode; a second gate electrode connected in parallel with the first gate electrode; a control circuit connected to the first gate electrode and the second gate electrode and configured to control gate voltages; and a coil connected between the second gate electrode and the control circuit."

The patent was filed on Dec. 7, 2022, under Application No. 18/06...