US Patent Issued to Monolithic Power Systems on Dec. 30 for "Power circuit having safety function and method for controlling the same" (Italian, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,778, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Monolithic Power Systems Inc. (Kirkland, Wash.).

"Power circuit having safety function and method for controlling the same" was invented by Cristian Cerutti (Voghera, Italy) and Christophe Vaucourt (Bas-Rhin, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power circuit includes a first power switch and a control unit. The control circuit is configured to provide a first driving signal to a control terminal of the first power switch, and the first power switch is turned on and off in response to the first driving signal. The power circuit further includes an input pin configured to receive an input vol...