US Patent Issued to Sharp on Dec. 30 for "Half-bridge circuit and power supply device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,835, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Sharp K.K. (Sakai, Japan).

"Half-bridge circuit and power supply device" was invented by Takeshi Shiomi (Sakai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A half-bridge circuit includes a series of a first high-voltage MOS, a first low-voltage MOS, a second high-voltage MOS, and a second low-voltage MOS. The half-bridge circuit further includes a capacitor, and the capacitor is connected to the first high-voltage MOS and the second low-voltage MOS. The voltage of the capacitor is greater than 300 V. The drain-to-source withstanding voltage of the first high-voltage MOS is higher than the drain-to-sou...