ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,549,090, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to NXP USA Inc. (Austin, Texas).
"Direct current DC-DC converter pin lift detection" was invented by Mohammed Mansri (Chandler, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of pin lift detection circuit for a direct current DC-DC converter and DC-DC converters are disclosed. In an embodiment, a pin lift detection circuit for a DC-DC converter includes a current source, a switch connecting the current source to an electrical terminal of the DC-DC converter, a resistive divider connected to the switch and to the electrical terminal of the DC-DC converter, an amplifier connected to the resistive ...