US Patent Issued to Apple on Feb. 17 for "Buck converter continuous conduction operation" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,556,092, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Buck converter continuous conduction operation" was invented by Nuno M Nogueira Dias (Swindon, Great Britain) and Carlos Andre Faria Calisto (Swindon, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods described herein correspond to voltage regulator operations that enable voltage regulation even while an inductor current of the voltage regulator approaches or is at 0 amps (A). A voltage regulator may be operated in a three-level (3L) mode until a capacitor voltage is detected as out of regulation. The voltage regulator may be operated in a two-lev...