ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,671,333, issued on June 30, was assigned to Allegro MicroSystems LLC (Manchester, N.H.).
"Asynchronous state machine based driver for DC/DC regulators" was invented by Alessandro Montanelli (Vidigulfo, Italy), Alessandro Bacceli (Bemareggio, Italy) and Marco Cignoli (Pavia, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device includes a signal generator configured to generate signals to control first and second switches coupled in a first half-bridge DC-DC converter configuration, the first and second switches being configured in a buck mode of operation or in a boost mode of operation."
The patent was filed on March 27, 2024, under Applicatio...