ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,744, issued on July 15, was assigned to SANKEN ELECTRIC Co. LTD. (Niiza, Japan).

"Semiconductor device" was invented by Katsuyuki Torii (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device according to one or more embodiments may include a drive circuit comprising: a gate control circuit that generates a gate control signal; a first resistor comprising a first electrode electrically connected to the gate control circuit and a second electrode; and a second resistor comprising a first electrode electrically connected to the gate control circuit and a second electrode that is not electrically connected to the second electrode o...