ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,300, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Super-steep switching device and inverter device using the same" was invented by Hae Ju Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea), Tae Ho Kang (Seoul, South Korea), Chan Woo Kang (Incheon, South Korea), Hyeon Je Son (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jin Hong Park (Seoul, South Korea), Sung Joo Lee (Seongnam-si, South Korea) and Sung Pyo Baek (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A super-steep switching device and an inverter device using the same are disclosed. The super-steep switching device includes a semiconductor ch...