US Patent Issued to Siemens on Feb. 3 for "Magneto-optical sensor for monitoring of a semiconductor element in a semiconductor module" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,954, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Siemens AG (Munich).

"Magneto-optical sensor for monitoring of a semiconductor element in a semiconductor module" was invented by Ulrich Wetzel (Adelsdorf, Germany) and Jurgen Zettner (Veitsbronn, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magneto-optical sensor monitors a semiconductor element in a semiconductor module. The magneto-optical sensor is arranged in a region of the semiconductor element or of at least one of the feed lines of the semiconductor module that make contact with the semiconductor element. A polarized light signal is reflected from the magneto-optical sensor or transmitted th...