US Patent Issued to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS on July 14 for "Protection circuit for power switch" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,597, issued on July 14, was assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Inc. (Dallas).

"Protection circuit for power switch" was invented by Xiaochun Zhao (Dallas), Abidur Rahman (Dallas), Eung Jung Kim (Dallas), Tianhong Yang (Dallas) and Huijuan Li (Dallas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transistor is coupled between a first voltage input and a voltage output in a first current path. First circuitry is coupled to a second voltage input, a control terminal of the transistor, and the voltage output. Second circuitry is coupled between the control terminal and ground in a second current path and between the control terminal and ground in a third c...