ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,278,604, issued on April 15, was assigned to ABLIC Inc. (Nagano, Japan).
"Voltage follower circuit" was invented by Kosuke Takada (Nagano, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A voltage follower circuit includes a first MOS transistor which has a source connected to an input port, a second MOS transistor which has a source connected to an output port and has a gate and a drain connected to a gate of the first MOS transistor, a first constant current source connected between a drain of the first MOS transistor and a second power supply terminal, a second constant current source connected between the drain of the second MOS transistor and t...