US Patent Issued to Apple on June 30 for "Self-biased power switching circuitry" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,671,405, issued on June 30, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Self-biased power switching circuitry" was invented by Nicolo' Nizza (Marsala, Italy) and Enrico Pardi (Pisa, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Power switching circuitry is provided that includes a power switch having a first terminal coupled to a first power domain and having a second terminal coupled to a second power domain, a diode coupled between the first and second terminals of the power switch, and a pull-down circuit coupled between the second terminal of the power switch and a gate terminal of the power switch. The pull-down circuit can be a pull-do...