US Patent Issued to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS on May 27 for "Blocking and startup transistor control in voltage converters" (Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,316,225, issued on May 27, was assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Inc. (Dallas).

"Blocking and startup transistor control in voltage converters" was invented by Austin Womac (Maryville, Tenn.), Ryan Lind (Knoxville, Tenn.) and Richard Stair (Knoxville, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a voltage converter, a blocking transistor has a conduction path between a power terminal and a converter terminal. A body diode of the blocking transistor: conducts current from the power terminal to the converter terminal; and blocks current from the converter terminal to the power terminal. A first switching transistor has a conduction path between the...