ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,218,656, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to FUJI ELECTRIC Co. LTD. (Kanagawa, Japan).
"Driving apparatus and driving method" was invented by Masashi Akahane (Matsumoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a driving apparatus including a temperature detection circuit configured to output a temperature detection signal corresponding to a temperature of a switching device, a current detection circuit configured to sample, at a timing during an ON period of the switching device, a current detection signal corresponding to a current that flows in the switching device, and a driving circuit configured to adjust, according to the tem...