US Patent Issued to Shaoxing Yuanfang Semiconductor on Aug. 12 for "Bootstrap circuitry for driving a high-side switch of a switching converter" (Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,388,356, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Shaoxing Yuanfang Semiconductor Co. Ltd. (Zhejiang, China).

"Bootstrap circuitry for driving a high-side switch of a switching converter" was invented by Arnold J D'Souza (Bangalore, India) and Shyam Somayajula (Bangalore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A voltage regulator containing a bootstrap capacitor, a switching converter and a pre-charging block. The bootstrap capacitor provides a required bias voltage for a high-side switch of the switching converter. The pre-charging block charges the bootstrap capacitor upon receipt of a wake-up signal. The high-side switch and a low-side switch...