US Patent Issued to Champion Microelectronic on Sept. 15 for "Switching power supply, controller therefor and improvements thereof" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,860, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Champion Microelectronic Corp. (Taiwan).

"Switching power supply, controller therefor and improvements thereof" was invented by Jeffrey Hwang (Saratoga, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A switching power supply comprising: a first power supply stage configured to receive an AC input voltage and to generate a DC output voltage, wherein the DC output voltage of the first power supply stage is set to a first target level during a first load condition and, otherwise, the output voltage is set to a second target level, the second target level being higher than the first target level. A level ...