ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,402,397, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to RENESAS ELECTRONICS Corp. (Tokyo).

"Semiconductor device" was invented by Hitoshi Matsuura (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a gate insulating film, a gate, and a first polysilicon film. The semiconductor substrate has a first main surface and a second main surface that is an opposite surface of the first main surface. The semiconductor substrate has a first portion and a second portion. The semiconductor substrate is a collector region arranged on the second main surface located in the first portion, a cathode region arranged on th...