US Patent Issued to Monolithic Power Systems on April 7 for "Switching circuit with a transistor having multiple pull down paths" (Washington, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,921, issued on April 7, was assigned to Monolithic Power Systems Inc. (Kirkland, Wash.).

"Switching circuit with a transistor having multiple pull down paths" was invented by James Nguyen (Bellevue, Wash.) and Eric Braun (Mountain View, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A switching circuit has a first die and a second die. The first die has a first transistor, a second transistor, and a third transistor. The second die has a fourth transistor and a driving circuit. The second transistor and the third transistor are coupled to the first transistor to provide multiple pull down paths for the first transistor. The driving circuit pr...