US Patent Issued to Qorvo US on Dec. 2 for "Control method for switches based on dual phase materials" (American, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,661, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Qorvo US Inc. (Greensboro, N.C.).

"Control method for switches based on dual phase materials" was invented by Nadim Khlat (Cugnaux, France) and Julio C. Costa (Oak Ridge, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a switch system that provides a control method for switches based on dual-phase materials. The disclosed switch system includes a heat resistor, a power management (PM) unit configured to provide a control voltage at a voltage port coupled to the heat resistor, and a phase-change-based switch. Herein, the heat resistor is underneath the phase-change-based swit...