ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,180, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Wolfspeed Inc. (Durham, N.C.).

"High power multilayer module having low inductance and fast switching for paralleling power devices" was invented by Daniel Martin (Fayetteville, Ark.), Brice McPherson (Fayetteville, Ark.) and Alexander Lostetter (Fayetteville, Ark.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure is directed to a power module that includes at least one power substrate, a housing arranged on the at least one power substrate, and a first terminal electrically connected to the at least one power substrate. The first terminal includes a contact surface located above the housing at a f...