ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,749,652, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Advanced Energy Industries Inc. (Denver).

"Pulse-mode control in a bias supply" was invented by Faleh Alskran (Timnath, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Bias supplies and bias control methods are disclosed. One method comprises applying, during an ON pulse, a waveform using switching in connection with a DC voltage, removing the DC voltage while circulating current during an OFF pulse, reapplying the DC voltage, in advance of another ON pulse, and initiating the switching after reapplying the DC voltage to reapply the waveform during another ON pulse."

The patent was filed on Aug. 5, 202...