US Patent Issued to Qorvo US on Feb. 24 for "Using different voltage levels to close a switch in a switch converter" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,562,633, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Qorvo US Inc. (Greensboro, N.C.).

"Using different voltage levels to close a switch in a switch converter" was invented by Masashi Nogawa (Sachse, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of a switching circuitry are disclosed. In some embodiments, the switching circuitry includes a switch and a switch control circuit. The switch has a control terminal. The driver circuit is configured to initially apply a first voltage at a first voltage level to the control terminal so that the switch goes from being open to being closed. The driver circuit is configured to apply a second voltage at a...