ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,660, issued on July 29, was assigned to WOLFSPEED INC. (Durham, N.C.).
"Power module" was invented by Brice McPherson (Fayetteville, Ark.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power module has a substrate having a top side with a first device pad and a second device pad. A first plurality of vertical power devices is coupled to the first device pad via first drain contacts, and a second plurality of vertical power devices is coupled to the second device pad via second drain contacts to form part of a power circuit. A housing encompasses portions of the substrate, the first plurality of vertical power devices, and the second plurality of v...