US Patent Issued to SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES on July 21 for "Switching device with passive overcurrent protection" (South Korean, Swedish, Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,273, issued on July 21, was assigned to SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES LLC (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"Switching device with passive overcurrent protection" was invented by Jaume Roig-Guitart (Oudenaarde, Belgium), Rishi Krishna Balasubramanian Saraswathy (Stochholm, Sweden), Martin Domeij (Sollentuna, Sweden), Kyeongseok Park (Bucheon, South Korea), Soohyun Kang (Bucheon, South Korea) and Doojin Choi (Gimpo, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A switching device includes a semiconductor power switch and a temperature sensitive element (TSE). The power switch has a normal operating temperature range and an active area. The TSE ...