US Patent Issued to Rohm on Nov. 4 for "Level shifter, semiconductor device, switching power supply, and light emitting device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,464,613, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Rohm Co. Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Level shifter, semiconductor device, switching power supply, and light emitting device" was invented by Akira Aoki (Kyoto, Japan) and Ryo Takagi (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A level shifter includes a current output amplifier configured to output a first output current and a second output current through first and second output terminals thereof, respectively, a first resistor configured to be connected between each of an inverted input terminal and the first output terminal of the current output amplifier and an application terminal of a ground pote...