US Patent Issued to Rohm on July 28 for "Linear power supply device and power supply system" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,693,697, issued on July 28, was assigned to Rohm Co. Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Linear power supply device and power supply system" was invented by Hiroki Inoue (Kyoto, Japan), Atsuhiro Watanabe (Kyoto, Japan) and Isamu Iwahashi (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A linear power supply device includes a first mirror transistor configured to be capable of generating a first mirror current; a second mirror transistor configured to be capable of generating a second mirror current; a switch circuit that switches between outputting the first mirror current from a current transmission/reception terminal to outside, and receiving external m...