US Patent Issued to Analog Devices International UnLtd. on Aug. 18 for "Fault detection for switched-mode conversion circuit" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,710,473, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Analog Devices International UnLtd. Co. (Limerick, Ireland).

"Fault detection for switched-mode conversion circuit" was invented by Claudio Sivverini (Catania, Italy) and Benedetto Marco Marletta (Catania, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a switched-mode conversion circuit, fault detection can be performed. For example, the switched-mode conversion circuit can include a control circuit comprising a fault detection circuit, the fault detection circuit comprising an excitation circuit configured to generate a reference current routed to a switching node to flow through a path including the...