ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,549,179, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to NXP USA Inc. (Austin, Texas).
"Cascoded power switches usable in DC-DC converter applications" was invented by Robert Matthew Mertens (Crystal Lake, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cascoded power switch includes a high-side (HS) switch coupled between an output node configured to provide an output voltage and a first voltage supply terminal configured to provide a first voltage supply, and a low-side (LS) switch coupled between the output node and a second voltage supply terminal configured to provide a second voltage supply. The LS switch includes a first transistor coupled between a mid...