US Patent Issued to SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES on July 14 for "Methods and systems of driving arrays of diodes" (Belgian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,357, issued on July 14, was assigned to SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES LLC (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"Methods and systems of driving arrays of diodes" was invented by Jean-Paul Anna Joseph Eggermont (Pellaines, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Diode drivers, LIDAR systems, and methods for driving arrays of diodes. The diode driver includes a plurality of driver terminals, a plurality of row switches, a high-side switch, a low-side switch, a shorting switch, and a controller. Each of the plurality of row switches is coupled to an inductor and one of the plurality of driver terminals. The controller is configured to close the hig...