US Patent Issued to Wolfspeed on July 29 for "Edge termination structures for semiconductor devices" (North Carolina, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,332, issued on July 29, was assigned to Wolfspeed Inc. (Durham, N.C.).

"Edge termination structures for semiconductor devices" was invented by Edward Robert Van Brunt (Raleigh, N.C.) and Thomas E. Harrington III (Carrollton, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Semiconductor devices, and more particularly semiconductor devices with improved edge termination structures are disclosed. A semiconductor device includes a drift region that forms part of an active region. An edge termination region is arranged along a perimeter of the active region and also includes a portion of the drift region. The edge termination region includes one or ...