US Patent Issued to ROLLS-ROYCE on Sept. 22 for "Junction temperature estimation" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,742,687, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to ROLLS-ROYCE plc (London).

"Junction temperature estimation" was invented by David R Trainer (Derby, Great Britain), Peter J Cox-Smith (Derby, Great Britain), Jonathan C Nicholls (Derby, Great Britain) and Mark Sweet (Chesterfield, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to estimation of junction temperatures of transistors in a power electronics converter. Example embodiments include a method of estimating a junction temperature of a transistor in a power electronics converter configured to convert between first and second supply voltages, the method comprising: pr...