ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,542,541, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Faraday Technology Corp. (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan).

"Control method of power switch module and associated circuit" was invented by Wang-Chin Chen (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan) and Siang Yong Kevin Koh (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a circuit including a logic circuit and a power switch module. The power switch module includes multiple switches, a voltage detection circuit and a control circuit. Each switch includes a control node, a first node and a second node, the first node is coupled to a supply voltage, the second node is coupled to the logic circuit; and the m...