ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,537,519, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to STMicroelectronics (Tours) SAS (Tours, France).
"Transistor control circuit" was invented by Jean-Michel Simonnet (Veretz, France) and Fabrice Guitton (Monnaie, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control circuit for controlling a first transistor includes a diode for suppressing transient voltages. A cathode of the diode is coupled to a first conduction terminal of the first transistor, and an anode of the diode is coupled to a first node. A first resistor is coupled between the first node and a control terminal of the first transistor. A second transistor has a control terminal coupled to...