ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,693,720, issued on July 28, was assigned to STMicroelectronics (Grenoble 2) SAS (Grenoble, France).
"USB power delivery interface" was invented by Christophe Lorin (Montbonnot, France) and Nathalie Ballot (Sassenage, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an USB PD-type interface including a first node receiving a first potential, a second node delivering a second potential, and a third node at a reference potential; a resistor connected between a fourth node coupled to the first node, and a fifth node; a MOS transistor connected between the fifth node and the second node; a bipolar transistor having a co...