ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,341,506, issued on June 24, was assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Inc. (Dallas).
"High-side transistor partitioning and control" was invented by Taisuke Kazama (Plano, Texas), Mustapha El-Markhi (Richardson, Texas) and Indumini W Ranmuthu (Plano, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A circuit includes a transistor, a first driver, a second driver, and a delay circuit. The transistor includes an array of transistor cells partitioned into a first switch and a second switch. The first driver is configured to control the first switch. The second driver is configured to control the second switch. The delay circuit is coupled between the first dri...