ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,316,307, issued on May 27, was assigned to ROHM Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Switching device and electronic circuit" was invented by Masashi Hayashiguchi (Kyoto, Japan) and Kazuhide Ino (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A switching device 1 includes a SiC semiconductor chip 11 which has a gate pad 14, a source pad 13 and a drain pad 12 and in which on-off control is performed between the source and the drain by applying a drive voltage between the gate and the source in a state where a potential difference is applied between the source and the drain, a sense source terminal 4 electrically connected to the source pad 13 for apply...