US Patent Issued to FUJI ELECTRIC on June 24 for "Drive device for voltage-controlled semiconductor element" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,341,500, issued on June 24, was assigned to FUJI ELECTRIC Co. LTD. (Kawasaki, Japan).

"Drive device for voltage-controlled semiconductor element" was invented by Masahiro Taoka (Matsumoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drive device for a voltage-controlled semiconductor element. The drive device includes: a short-circuit current detection circuit which detects a short-circuit current flowing through the voltage-controlled semiconductor element; a timer circuit which outputs a time setting signal indicative of a determined time, responsive to the short-circuit current detection circuit detecting the short-circuit current; and a c...