ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,719,375, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to NXP USA Inc. (Austin, Texas).
"Gate driver circuit" was invented by Valeria Bottarel (Novara, Italy), Lorenzo Groppo (Sommariva del Bosco, Italy) and Ibrahim Shihadeh Kandah (Novi, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A driver circuit for controlling a high-power switch. The driver circuit comprises a flyback converter and a driving stage. The flyback converter includes a controller that configured to: receive a PWM control signal, which is for controlling the high-power switch; receive a feedback voltage signal, representative of a measured voltage of a positive output rail or the negative out...