US Patent Issued to Analog Devices International UnLtd. on Oct. 27 for "Floating high-voltage switch with open-loop impedance control" (Irish, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,776,760, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Analog Devices International UnLtd. Co. (Limerick, Ireland).

"Floating high-voltage switch with open-loop impedance control" was invented by Gonenc Berkol (Limerick, Ireland), Devrim Yilmaz Aksin (Wilmington, Mass.) and Brian D. Hamilton (Wilmington, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "High-voltage (HV) semiconductor switches are used in various applications. On-impedance (Ron) of the HV switches is prone to process, voltage, and temperature (PVT) variations. The present invention discloses system and method embodiments to calibrate a gate-to-source voltage (Vgs) of the switch based on a low t...