ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,316,241, issued on May 27, was assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Inc. (Dallas).
"Synchronous bootstrap half bridge rectifier" was invented by Michael Lueders (Freising, Germany), Cetin Kaya (Plano, Texas), Johan Strydom (Saratoga, Calif.) and Paul Brohlin (Parker, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described embodiments include a rectifier circuit comprising a first resistor with first and second resistor terminals, and a second resistor with third and fourth resistor terminals. The first and third resistor terminals are coupled to an auxiliary power terminal. A current source is coupled between the second resistor terminal and a ground te...