ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,538,854, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to ROHM Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Semiconductor apparatus" was invented by Masashi Hayashiguchi (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes a plurality of semiconductor elements, each of which has a first electrode, a second electrode, and a third electrode, and is subjected to an ON-OFF control between the first electrode and the second electrode in accordance with a driving signal input to the third electrode. Further, the semiconductor device includes a control terminal to which the driving signal is input, a first wiring portion to which the control terminal is...