ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,790, issued on Jan. 13.
"Snubber circuit" was invented by Horia Nicolai L. Teodorescu (Iasi, Romania).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a snubber circuit, that is, a circuit for damping electrical oscillations that may occur in switched circuits, for example those with MOS switches. The snubber circuit uses filters and nonlinearities for achieving a compromise between power consumption and reduction of electrical oscillations of the circuit in which it is embedded. The snubber circuit operates in conjunction with the switches in the circuit from which it suppresses oscillations and is designed according to the op...