ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,731,978, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Rohm Co. Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Switch device" was invented by Takashige Miyashita (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a switch device. The switch device includes a switch element, a DA converter and output voltage control unit. The switch element includes: a first end to which an input voltage is applicable; a second end to which an output voltage is applicable; and a control terminal. The output voltage control unit includes the switch element and configured to control the output voltage. The output voltage control unit is configured to generate a contr...