ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,323,136, issued on June 3, was assigned to STMicroelectronics (Tours) SAS (Tours, France).
"Thyristor control device" was invented by Romain Pichon (Reugny, France) and Yannick Hague (Mettray, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control device includes a triac and a first diode that is series-connected between the triac and a first terminal of the device that is configured to be connected to a cathode gate of a thyristor. A second terminal of the control device is configured to be connected to an anode of the thyristor. The triac has a gate connected to a third terminal of the device that is configured to receive a control signal. The...