US Patent Issued to NXP USA on May 20 for "Power switch having cascoded transistors of a same condictivity type, each of the cascoded transistors having its source tied to its body" (Illinois, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,831, issued on May 20, was assigned to NXP USA Inc. (Austin, Texas).

"Power switch having cascoded transistors of a same condictivity type, each of the cascoded transistors having its source tied to its body" was invented by Robert Matthew Mertens (Crystal Lake, Ill.) and Christopher James Micielli (Clawson, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power switch includes a first transistor having a first current electrode corresponding to an output of the switch, a second transistor having a first current electrode coupled to a second current electrode of the first transistor, and a third transistor having a first current electrode coup...