ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,323,135, issued on June 3, was assigned to Infineon Technologies AG (Neubiberg, Germany).
"High-side semiconductor switch with over-current protection" was invented by Paolo Del Croce (Villach, Austria) and Francesco Morandotti (Villach, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A circuit may be used as an intelligent semiconductor switch. The circuit includes a high-side power transistor having a load current path coupled between a supply node and an output node, which is configured to provide, during operation, a load current to a load. The circuit further includes a gate driver circuit coupled to a control electrode of the power transisto...