US Patent Issued to Cypress Semiconductor on Feb. 10 for "Low-power continuous-rail switching regulator architecture" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,549,102, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Low-power continuous-rail switching regulator architecture" was invented by Adrian Lin (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A floating-rail voltage generator and method are provided for use in a switched regulator. Generally, the generator includes a floating-rail reference generator, a current-sinking buffer and a current-sink. The reference generator is operable to generate a reference voltage (VSSHV_REF) equal to an input voltage (VBAT) minus 1.8 V for VBAT between 1.8V and 4.8V, and equal to 0V for VBAT less than 1.8V. The buffer is ...