US Patent Issued to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS on Sept. 15 for "Active rectification circuitry" (New York, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,851, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Inc. (Dallas).

"Active rectification circuitry" was invented by Gregory Amidon (Indianapolis) and Isaac Cohen (Dix Hills, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example circuit includes a first transistor and a second transistor coupled in series with the first transistor. A regulator circuit is configured to regulate a voltage across the second transistor based on a first reference voltage and a voltage at a node between the first and second transistors. A rectification drive circuit is configured to operate the first and second transistors in a rectification mode based on ...