ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,395,170, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to SEMIKRON DANFOSS ELEKTRONIK GMBH & Co. KG (Nuremberg, Germany).
"Circuit arrangement and method for actuating a power switch" was invented by Oliver Behr (Nuremberg, Germany), Gunter Katzenberger (Wurzburg, Germany), Gunter Konigsmann (Langensendelbach, Germany) and Daniel Obernoder (Iphofen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A circuit arrangement and a method for actuating a power semiconductor switch wherein said power semiconductor switch has a load current input, a load current output and a control input, having a first voltage detection device, which is able to be switched on and off,...