US Patent Issued to Chengdu Monolithic Power Systems on Nov. 11 for "Isolated switching converter with soft switching and control method thereof" (Chinese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,470,151, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Chengdu Monolithic Power Systems Co. Ltd. (Sichuan, China).

"Isolated switching converter with soft switching and control method thereof" was invented by Xuefeng Chen (Hangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A controller used in an isolated switching converter with a transformer, a primary switch and a secondary switch, the controller has a maximum sense circuit for providing a first voltage signal representative of a maximum value of a first voltage across the secondary switch, and a timer for starting timing when the first voltage increases to a second voltage signal less than the firs...