ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,368,435, issued on July 22, was assigned to MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC Corp. (Tokyo).
"Gate drive circuit" was invented by Yuji Nemoto (Tokyo), Kohei Onda (Tokyo), Takayoshi Miki (Tokyo) and Shota Morisaki (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control unit of a gate drive circuit applies, between a gate and a source of a switching element, a first voltage so as to turn on the switching element. After transference of drain current of the switching element, the control unit interrupts the first voltage and applies, between the gate and the source of the switching element, a second voltage that is lower than the first voltage and that is higher ...