ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,483,240, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to NXP B.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
"Bias circuit" was invented by Jean-Robert Tourret (Cormelles le Royal, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bias circuit for generating a virtual reference voltage is described. The bias circuit may bias a switching device configured to switch a switching device output between a first and second supply voltage. The bias circuit includes a bias stage coupled between the first supply voltage rail and the second supply voltage rail. The bias stage has a bias stage output configured to output a virtual reference voltage value having a value between the first a...