US Patent Issued to STMicroelectronics International on July 14 for "Pulse width modulation circuit configured to control a power transistor of a switched-mode power supply" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,505, issued on July 14, was assigned to STMicroelectronics International N.V. (Geneva).

"Pulse width modulation circuit configured to control a power transistor of a switched-mode power supply" was invented by Lionel Esteve (Coudoux, France) and Loic Bourguine (Chateauneuf le rouge, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a pulse width modulation circuit of a switched-mode power supply formed in and on a monolithic semiconductor substrate with a face coated with a gallium nitride layer, said circuit being adapted to control a power transistor of said switched-mode power supply."

The patent was filed o...