US Patent Issued to Schneider Electric USA on Sept. 15 for "Solid-state power gate driver circuit for AC/DC applications" (Mexican Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,936, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Schneider Electric USA Inc. (Boston).

"Solid-state power gate driver circuit for AC/DC applications" was invented by Gregorio Valdovinos Fierro (Apodaca, Mexico), Manuel Antonio Becerra (Santiago, Mexico), Gabriela Villa Ruiz (Monterrey, Mexico) and Gustavo Garcia Rivero (Apodaca, Mexico).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solid-state gate driver (SSGD) circuit for energizing an electrical load includes a bilateral transistor switch connected to the load, positive and negative branch circuits each connected to the bilateral transistor switch, and a microcontroller. The positive branch circuit in...