US Patent Issued to NXP USA on Dec. 23 for "Power switch with protection against Safe Operating Area (SOA) violations" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,506,474, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to NXP USA Inc. (Austin, Texas).

"Power switch with protection against Safe Operating Area (SOA) violations" was invented by Christopher James Micielli (Austin, Texas) and Srikanth Jagannathan (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power switch includes a first transistor and a second transistor, coupled in series between a first power supply voltage and a pad. The power switch also includes an analog multiplexer (MUX). The MUX is configured to provide a pad voltage to a control electrode of the first transistor when an overvoltage (OV) condition is detected on the pad, a second power sup...