US Patent Issued to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS on Dec. 2 for "Hybrid isolation capacitors in series" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,443, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Inc. (Dallas).

"Hybrid isolation capacitors in series" was invented by Honglin Guo (Dallas) and Thomas D. Bonifield (Dallas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated circuit includes a first isolation capacitor and a second isolation capacitor. The first isolation capacitor is electrically connected to a first circuit node and has first and second capacitor plates separated by a first dielectric stack. The second isolation capacitor is electrically connected in series between the first isolation capacitor and a second circuit node, and includes third and fourth capacitor plat...