US Patent Issued to SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES on Sept. 1 for "Power switching device operable to reduce on- resistance and extend short circuit withstand time" (New Jersey Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,726,195, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES LLC (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"Power switching device operable to reduce on- resistance and extend short circuit withstand time" was invented by Ke Zhu (Princeton, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power switching device is disclosed. The power switching device includes a cascode switching circuit comprising a normally-on transistor and a normally-off transistor provided in a cascode topology. The power switching device also includes a gate driver circuit configured to apply a positive bias voltage at a respective gate terminal of the normally-on transistor un...