ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,556,183, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to RENESAS ELECTRONICS Corp. (Tokyo).
"Breakdown-voltage control circuit" was invented by Kazuhiro Koudate (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A breakdown-voltage control circuit includes a high voltage monitor circuit and a first voltage switching circuit 1112 connected to the high voltage monitor circuit, the high voltage monitor circuit generating a first reference signal based on an input signal inputted to the high voltage monitor circuit, the first voltage switching circuit comparing a first application voltage applied to the first voltage switching circuit with the first reference signal,...