US Patent Issued to Analog Devices on June 16 for "Apparatus and methods for switch-mode power supply start-up" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,658,785, issued on June 16, was assigned to Analog Devices Inc. (Wilmington, Mass.).

"Apparatus and methods for switch-mode power supply start-up" was invented by Eric Young (Apex, N.C.) and David Lahm (Raleigh, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and methods for switch-mode power supply start-up are provided herein. In certain embodiments, a switch-mode power supply includes an inductor and one or more power switches used to control a current through the inductor to provide voltage regulation. The switch-mode power supply uses external voltage levels to regulate one or more internal control signals (for example, for opening or...