ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,218,652, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Renesas Design Austria GmbH (Graz, Austria).
"Autonomous power supply switch" was invented by Hamzeh Nassar (Graz, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An autonomous power supply switch with a main supply input and a backup supply input and a supply output to supply the power provided at the main supply input and to switch to the backup supply input, if the power at the main supply input is below a switch threshold. The switch includes a first switch transistor connected between the main supply input and the supply output with its gate/base connected to a first steering point of the switch and ...