US Patent Issued to SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES on Feb. 17 for "Driving signal-based reduction of gate switching instability for semiconductor power switch" (Belgian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,556,175, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES LLC (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"Driving signal-based reduction of gate switching instability for semiconductor power switch" was invented by Jaume Roig-Guitart (Oudenaarde, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical circuit is usable as part of an electric drive system having a direct current (DC) power supply, a DC link capacitor, and an inverter circuit for powering an electric machine. The electrical circuit includes a driver circuit connected to a gate terminal of a power switch, e.g., a silicon carbide power metal-oxide semiconductor field effect tra...