ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,273,059, issued on April 8, was assigned to POWER INTEGRATIONS INC. (San Jose, Calif.).

"External adjustment of a drive control of a switch" was invented by Stefan Baeurle (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A switch controller coupled to control a transistor. The switch controller comprising an interface coupled to receive a command signal in response to an event sensed in a control system. The command signal is representative of a first command to control the transistor with a first drive strength or a second command to control the transistor with a second drive strength. The switch controller is coupled to adjust a fall t...