ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,301,122, issued on May 13, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Isolated gate driver" was invented by Ronald Hogervorst (Grasse, France), Joseph Duigan (Grasse, France) and Karl Rinne (Grasse, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An isolated gate driver includes a transformer including primary and secondary windings, a synchronous rectifier connected between the secondary winding and an output terminal of the isolated gate driver, a first switch including a first terminal connected to a supply voltage, a second switch including a first terminal connected to the supply voltage, a first damping resistance connect...