ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,726,130, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Advanced Energy Industries Inc. (Denver).
"Current clamp for parallel switches" was invented by Gideon Van Zyl (Fort Collins, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments are directed to a switch circuit comprising: two terminal nodes, comprising an upper node and a lower node; a plurality of switch modules, connected in series between the upper node and the lower node, wherein each of the switch modules comprises a switch, a rectifier, and a capacitor; a connecting circuit, coupled to the switch modules; and a power converter, coupled to the connecting circuit and to a power sink. ...