ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,636, issued on Nov. 18, 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 coupled to the second current terminal at an intermediate node. In some cases, a third transistor is connected to the intermediate node to bias the intermediate rather than lett...