ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,388,433, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to NXP USA Inc. (Austin, Texas).

"High voltage switch" was invented by Ranga Seshu Paladugu (Milpitas, Calif.), Soon G Lim (San Jose, Calif.), Ronak Prakashchandra Trivedi (Cupertino, Calif.) and Carmelo Morello (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a high voltage bidirectional power switch circuit that includes a high voltage block coupled to a first terminal; and a resistance network including modules connected in parallel with each other between the high voltage block and a second terminal. Each module includes a precision resistor connected in serie...