ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,212,317, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Inc. (Dallas).
"Stress reduction on stacked transistor circuits" was invented by Erkan Bilhan (Dallas) and Francisco A. Cano (Sugar Land, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A circuit includes a first transistor having first and second current terminals and a first control input, and a second transistor having third and fourth current terminals and a second control input. The third current terminal is connected to the second current terminal at an intermediate node and the fourth current terminal connected to a ground or supply node. In some cases, a third transistor is conne...