ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,261,548, issued on March 25, was assigned to Analog Devices International UnLtd. Co. (Limerick, Ireland).

"Setting a stable operating point and EMI control of an H-bridge output stage" was invented by Naoaki Nishimura (Tokyo) and Abhishek Bandyopadhyay (Winchester, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and method for establishing a stable operating point of a H-bridge with a center shunt switch. The stable operating point lets a circuit connected to the H-bridge outputs work in a more ideal condition. As such, an H-bridge with a stable operating point will yield a higher performance and/or save power. Since common mode is one o...