US Patent Issued to STMicroelectronics International on June 9 for "Buffer circuit for driving a GAN power switch and corresponding driver circuit" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,652,038, issued on June 9, was assigned to STMicroelectronics International N.V. (Geneva).

"Buffer circuit for driving a GAN power switch and corresponding driver circuit" was invented by Francesco Pulvirenti (Acireale, Italy), Salvatore Giuseppe Privitera (Paterno, Italy) and Cesare Bimbi (Paterno, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A buffer circuit for driving a GaN power switch includes an input node to receive an input signal and an output node to produce a gate signal for the GaN power switch. The buffer includes a push-pull stage that includes a first transistor coupled between a supply voltage node and the output node, a second t...