ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,477,834, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Nexperia B.V. (Nijmegen, Netherlands).
"Semiconductor device with a clamping diode" was invented by Yan Lai (Nijmegen, Netherlands) and Phil Rutter (Nijmegen, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure relates to a semiconductor device, and associated method of manufacture. The semiconductor device includes, a MOSFET integrated with a p-n junction, the p-n junction arranged as a clamping diode across a source contact and a drain contact of the MOSFET. The MOSFET defines a first breakdown voltage, and the clamping diode defines a second breakdown voltage, and the first breakdown ...