ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,368,437, issued on July 22, was assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Inc. (Dallas).

"High voltage converter power stage" was invented by Ahmed Essam Hashim (Gilbert, Ariz.) and Kevin Scoones (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described embodiments include a power driver circuit having a first transistor coupled between an input voltage terminal and an intermediate terminal, and having a first control terminal. A second transistor is coupled between the intermediate terminal and a switching terminal, and has a second control terminal coupled to an output of a gate drive circuit. A first diode has a first anode coupled to the input ...