US Patent Issued to The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy on July 29 for "Low resistance photoconductive semiconductor switch (PCSS)" (Virginia, Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,388, issued on July 29, was assigned to The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Arlington, Va.).

"Low resistance photoconductive semiconductor switch (PCSS)" was invented by Andrew D. Koehler (Alexandria, Va.), Travis J. Anderson (Alexandria, Va.), Geoffrey M. Foster (Woodbridge, Va.), Karl D. Hobart (Alexandria, Va.), Francis J. Kub (Arnold, Md.) and Michael A. Mastro (Fairfax, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light controlled semiconductor switch (LCSS), method of making, and method of using are provided. In embodiments, a vertical LCSS includes: a semiconductor body includin...