ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,418,284, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Rohm Co. Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Semiconductor device, electronic appliance, and vehicle" was invented by Katsuaki Yamada (Kyoto, Japan), Makoto Sada (Kyoto, Japan) and Toru Takuma (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes: a first output transistor and a second output transistor configured to be connected between a first terminal and second terminal; an active clamp circuit configured to be connected to a first control terminal of the first output transistor to limit a terminal-to-terminal voltage appearing between the first and second terminals to a clamp vo...