US Patent Issued to SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES on Feb. 24 for "Signaling open drain readback for functional safety (FUSA) applications in point of load (POL) integrated circuit" (Belgian, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,562,635, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES LLC (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"Signaling open drain readback for functional safety (FUSA) applications in point of load (POL) integrated circuit" was invented by Philippe Debosque (Toulouse, France) and Dieter Jozef Joos (Nieuwenrode, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Signaling open drain read back for functional safety (FUSA) applications in point of load (POL) integrated circuit. Example embodiments include methods of operating a point of load (POL) device, including: supplying power to a load via a power terminal; selectively conducting, by a field-effect ...