ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,706,598, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Rohm Co. Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Pulse drive circuit and signal transmission device" was invented by Sho Tanaka (Kyoto, Japan), Shimpei Kitera (Kyoto, Japan) and Hiroki Tsukamoto (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pulse drive circuit includes: a buffer configured to receive a transmission pulse signal; a capacitor configured to be provided between the output terminal of the buffer and the primary coil of a transformer; and a first diode configured to be provided between the primary coil of the transformer and a reference potential terminal."
The patent was filed on Sept. 24, 2024, un...